Parshas Emor 5785
- Torah Tavlin
- May 14
- 1 min read
R’ Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter zt”l (Sefas Emes) would say “'ונקדשתי בתוך בני ישראל' - Why does the Torah place the mitzvah of Mesiras Nefesh right between the Parshiyos of Kohanim and Yamim Tovim? Because just as there are specific people who single themselves out, and specific times that are singled out, to bring shleimus to the world, so too, anyone can do the same and bring shleimus to the world through his personal Mesiras Nefesh. By giving up your soul, you are giving up your will to Hashem, the fact that you are prepared to die if that’s what He wants of you. If there is no other will other than Hashem’s will, that is the true shleimus.”
A Wise Man would say: “The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”