The Parshat Para Purity Reading
from Jewish Customs & Conventions With Rabbi Mendel Kaplan Hosted by Rabbi Mendel Kaplan
Custom and Convention: The Parshat Para Purity Reading (Red Heifer Purity) Following Purim, comes the third seasonal Torah Reading – this time focused on ritual purification for the severest level of impurity engendered by contact with death. Heralding the requisite preparation for the key Paschal Offering, the rhyme and reason for this annual public reading is easily understood. However, multiple early sources indicate it to be biblically mandated – a notion difficult to understand. Copious sources, detailed analysis, and deep spiritual insight provide rationale as to why this unique tradition might hail from the Torah itself!
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