General Overview: This week's Torah Parsha, Chukat, begins with a
discussion regarding the laws of the red heifer. Miriam and Aaron die.
When the Jews are in need of water, Moshe strikes a rock – despite being
commanded to talk to it. Waters stream forth, but Moshe is banned from
entering Israel. Amalek battles the Israelites and is defeated. Edom and
Moav refuse the Israelites passageway to Israel. The Israelites battle
Sichon and Og, and are victorious.
The most severe of
all ritual impurities is tum'at met, the impurity contracted through
contact with a human corpse. This Aliya details the purification process
for an individual or object which has contracted this form of impurity.
A red heifer is slaughtered and is burned together with a few added
ingredients. Water from a stream is added to the ashes. On the third
and seventh day after contracting tum'at met, this mixture is sprinkled
upon the individual or object. After immersion in a mikvah (ritual
pool), the person or object is freed of this impurity.
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