Show Notes
One of the most confusing and supra-rational commands in the Torah is regarding the ashes of the Red Heifer. How do the ashes of a cow mixed with water purify from ritual contamination? Is contracting ritual purity sin? Why do the people involved in slaughtering the cow, burning its ashes, or sprinkling them onto a ritually impure person in order to purity them become impure themselves? And what lesson can we learn from all of this in relation to community? John Lance Slater as he brings new insights into this perplexing Torah portion.
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