Aliya Summary: The mitzvah of challah is contained in this Aliya:
when one kneads dough, a portion must be taken and given to the priest.
If the Sanhedrin (rabbinic supreme court) erroneously permits an act of
idolatry, and the community acts upon this permission, the Sanhedrin
must bring a special sin-offering, detailed in this section.
I
wonder if Vegas could place odds on the Rabbinic Supreme Court
mistakenly permitting idolatry, what they would be. Nonetheless, with
the Jews' magnitude of sins raised to new levels previously in this
Parsha, it's no surprise that even this was now a possibility. Contrary
to initial perception, this isn't a condemnation, it's stating the real
truth that mistakes can and WILL happen, and as long as we understand
that the mistakes we make are mistakes and not statements against our
beliefs, nothing is beyond forgiveness, even violating one of the ten
commandments. This is an important quality to emulate, that of
forgiveness of loved ones that have made mistakes, so long as the
understanding is there, that it was in fact a mistake, and not a new
reality.
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