Thursday, May 11, 2017

KISS - Keeping it simple...

Looking through this weeks parasha we come across many topics; Laws of a Kohen, Laws of the Kohen Gadol, Disqualifying Blemishes, Safeguarding the Sanctity of the Korbanos and Terumah, Terumah, Blemished Animals, Desecration and Sanctification of Hashem's Name, Festivals, Pesach, The Korban Omer, Counting the Omer, Shavuos, Rosh Hashana, Succos, Shemini Atzeres, The Menorah and lastly the Lechem Hapanim.

Such major topics, so many laws, but all of them end with the same idea, the same message.

אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם
אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִן־הָֽעַמִּֽים
כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה
כִּ֣י קָד֔וֹשׁ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃
 אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשֽׁוֹ
 כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם
 אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה
אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃
 כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם
אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה
 אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה
 אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם
הַמּוֹצִ֤יא אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לִהְי֥וֹת לָכֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִ֑ים אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה
 אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
 אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
 כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם

Get the message???


As long as we try our best to keep it simple and sincere and try to keep in mind that it's all from Hashem and it's all for Hashem, it makes the ride soooo much smoother...