Shnayim Yomi - Behaalotecha - Shlishi - #3 - Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff - The Korban Pesach

Paras the ali of the ali of we begin with the mitzvah of pes where tells Israel that just like they brought the carbon pes in mitzim so too they have to bring the carbon pes in the midbar and of course as we know we continue to bring the carbon pes init with the building of the ba mikdash and the mishk init and the building of the basikdash however we read in ini that there were a group of people that were not able to bring the carbon pes and that's because these people were tame they were impure they were ritually impure they had come into contact with a corpse with a dead body and therefore they were ritually impure someone whose tummy is not allowed to bring the carbon pes so you would think they're exempt but no they came to Mosha Rabenu and they complained we want to bring the carbon pes we want to be involved in this mitzvah so Mosha Rabenu didn't exactly know what to do so he tells the people hold on and let's consult who comes and says these people are correct. They should have a role in the mitzvah and therefore decreed what we know to be peni in addition to bringing the regular carbon pes on Nissan. We also have an opportunity for those who were not able to bring the carbon pes we have the opportunity to bring the carbon pes on the following month what we call pes and we still celebrate pes today we don't say pesi there are many among the who really celebrate pesi in a very significant way and then finally at the very end of the of the aliyah the Torah emphasizes that this mitzvah of pes applies to a g to a convert as well just like to a regular born-in member of the Jewish people. And if you think about it, this is such an important concept because although of course we believe that the Jewish people are special, we also believe that every single human being was created elohim and every single human being can join the Jewish people, can join the ranks of the Jewish people through conversion. We of course as Jews don't proitize. We don't go out and try to encourage people to convert. But if people come and they sincerely want to convert to the Jewish people, we welcome them with open arms to the point where the Torah says you have to love a convert and you have to accept a convert in a gear with open arms. And we know in our communities so many wonderful gay right both men and women who have seen the truth of Yiddish, seen the truth of the Torah and have joined the ranks of the Jewish people and were reminded at the end of the aliyah that they are a significant part of the Jewish people as well.