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Vayikra - The Road Map Does Deviate

Vayikra - The Road Map Does Deviate!

Man at a Crossroads


4:2  Speak to the people of Israel, saying; if a person unwittingly transgresses any commandment, which should not be done, and commits one of these sins in a careless behavior, then........

 The Readers Digest Version and Overview: Moses is commanded to give VERY specific and particular instructions of sacrifices, gifts to the Temple, and the how to's to properly present AND not transgress & deviate from the directions. It's like Ikea directions!

 We have absolutley grown and matured into a society that does challenge, that asks difficult and vital questions that are important to us, ourselves, to our families, and to our surrounding communities!

 Does this mean the message from Mose's lips were wrong? Incorrect? Ill-fated?  Seems maybe so. 

 Absolutely Not!   It is extremely important in any and all civil communities to have some  instilled and outlined directions and laws, coupled with an ebb and flow; a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth.  It makes life and society grow in an upward direction with hopefully a positive result. It's like planting seeds in the Spring time in your yard, many do not ever come out and grow and bloom, blooming a single bud, or yield food, but 'some' do and survive and rise and carry on and prosper in a healthy manner!  They bloom and mature, rest, and take a hiatus during the remainder of the year, and absolutley Pop up Healthy AGAIN and AGAIN in a beautiful cycle !   
It is it's own direction to follow, and part of The Circle of Life!

 We, as a World, live in a current time with the Corona Virus spreading like a wild fire, and as a World, are attempting to managing it to containment !   Are there specific directions, is there only ONE manner to stop this, are we working diligently and properly together? 
Yes & No!   Adaptation is key and vital here, and in LIFE, itself.

 Mose's message may need a little updating and/or deciphering to be adaptable to today; but with this expressed, directions, outlines, life are forever changing and that's healthy, with a complete comprehension and sincere understanding.  
 With our own life experiences, and it can most definitely be simplified in terms that we all will get it with indelible ink and the memory of what 'we' should have done or acted upon as the best choice going forward, not just for our own pleasure.  Sometimes rules change, to benefit THE WHOLE, although it might seem extremely inconvenient or painfully induced to the individual, you.  Adaptation is key, and YES, questions are indeed healthy. Keep asking away!


  Remember about your own actions, GOOD, INTERESTING,and INDIFFERENT- The act and impact, the feeling of guilt (or not) and the memory, the infraction, if indeed an infraction happened, and how it affected all others.   Each and every decision, each and every movement has an affect!  Choose wisely and Stay Home for the sake of life's and humanity going forward!  

 Love to all and have a loving and healthy Shabbat,
Barry

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