Mysterious Jewish Law (Red Heifer)

[Music] The red heer, one of the most mysterious commandments in the whole Torah. It was the way we cleanse people from their deepest spiritual impurity. Took a red heer, they burnt it. The ashes of the red hepher were mixed with water. And that mixture was used as a cleansing agent for the profoundest spiritual impurity in ancient biblical times. What's the significance of this? Ashes represents the end. Anything. When something is burned to the ground, all that's left are the ashes. Water represents the beginning. Every fetus develops the amniotic sack in water. 70% of our cells are made up of water. Water represents genesis and the beginning of life. We mix the ashes and the water. And that's how we cleanse those who became spiritually impure because of contact with the corpse. Symbolism is that every end is also a beginning. We never allow the end to just be defined as the final chapter and everything is over. We realize that as painful as endings are, they also give us an opportunity for a new [Music]