POST "TOASTIES" "CORN" "FLAKE"S
SOME OF THE MITZVOS OF THE TORAH ARE CALLED חֻקִּים—LAWS THAT HAVE NO LOGICAL REASON, BUT WE PERFORM THEM BECAUSE HASHEM SO COMMANDS US. SOME EXAMPLES OF THESE MITZVOS ARE— NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHING THAT IS שַׁעַטְנֵז, THE LAWS OF KASHRUS, AND THE פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה.
THIS PARSHA TEACHES US THE LAWS OF THE פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה. IF A PERSON BECAME טָמֵא BY COMING IN CONTACT WITH A DEAD BODY; THEN THE ONLY WAY TO BECOME טָהוֹר WAS WITH THE פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה. THIS IS A חֹק BECAUSE THE ONE WHO PREPARES THE פָּרָה BECOMES טָמֵא, WHILE THE PERSON WHO WAS טָמֵא BECOMES טָהוֹר!!
A COMPLETELY RED COW WAS SLAUGHTERED, AND THEN IT WAS "TOAST"ED AND BURNED. ON THE THIRD AND SEVENTH DAY, THE ASHES THAT ARE MIXED WITH THE עֵץ אֶרֶז, וְאֵזוֹב, וּשְׁנִי תוֹלַעַת—ARE SPRINKLED ON THE PERSON THAT WAS טָמֵא. A COMPLETELY RED COW WAS NOT "IES"Y (EASY) TO FIND, BECAUSE VERY FEW OF THEM EXISTED.
THE OTHER NATIONS OF THE WORLD TEASE AND S"CORN" ALL OF THE חֻקִּים. HOWEVER, THESE MITZVOS ARE LAWS FROM HASHEM—WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO CRITICIZE THEM. WE MUST DO THEM AND NOT "FLAKE" OUT!!!