Shnayim Yomi - Metzora - Sheni - #2 5784

[Music] second Aliyah Paras Ms second Aliyah describes the third process that the mits has to go through in order to divest himself of his Tas Tuma the Tuma that comes with the Affliction of Tas and the Tor talks about the bringing one of the Coronas is known as the asham the guilt offering that the coang sh the carbon Asam the guilt offering and takes the blood from the carbon and applies it to the right ear mid ear the right thumb and the right big toe of the mits as part of the purification process what is fascinating is that we don't find this process repeated in any other situation in the Torah except for one the case of the inauguration of a cohain a cohain who is based on his actions and his high standing Noble standing in society has been chosen to serve in the B mikdash has to go through a process of inauguration and involved in that process is the exact same procedure taking blood from the Sheed animal applying it to his right ear his right thumb and his right big toe the question is what is the connection how can we compare the Coen who is the most noble Elite El individual in clro to this MIT who is the outcast who has been singled out be thrown out of society leaving all gimos leaving all three Cs and now he's trying to make his way back what is the connection we know that every single individual has a deep yearning to feel selfworth person wants to feel valued he wants to feel like he a success that he has worth now in secular society the way this is uh attained is through the promotion of competition competition is the form by which we gauge ourselves Vis A our fellow man if we can best him we can be better than our colleagues that gives us a sense of then we have attained success we have attained self-worth by being better than the person next to us un fortunately this manner of gauging ourselves is fraught with great dangers we are never truly encouraged to fully develop to be all that we ourselves can be and furthermore instead of applying ourselves and developing our talents and actualizing our potential we sometimes choose a path of least resistance the easy way out is that we can Elevate ourselves by stepping upon others putting others down and uh we can Dude our ourselves into believing that by a being that we feel we're better than them that gives us a sense of selfworth now the opposite is true very often instead of feeling accomplished right we will feel empty and we don't feel that sense of fulfillment that we are looking for and very because very often also the most talented and the uh individuals have the greatest capacity will be will feel the greatest void when they are uh when they are have that sense of not being fulfilled and we find that usually the ones that have that talent to put people down the cynics the ones that are the B are also usually the most talented individuals yes they're using that Talent unfortunately in a way that is not going to give them the Fulfillment they desire that is really the motivation very often of the B B puts people down because he's searching his own sense of fulfillment now if this banur has chosen that path to get fulfillment clearly saw that path led him to be singled out as an outcast the Tor is teaching us that if you want to feel special and you want to feel that you are uh separating yourself as an outstanding individual take a look at the cohain the Cohen embodies self- accomplishment developing his potential he stands out in society in a positive manner so therefore and that is being highlighted by theal process the inal process that he goes through highlights the individual this is an upstanding individual you the Bashar you want to be you want to have that sense of fulfillment you want to be singled out and somebody special use the coin as your role model the process of the coin is is mimicked by the mits because now he's coming back to society and you have that still that deep Des desire to feel selfworth copy the coin use and actualize your your your talents and and and your potential in a way that will make you feel special in a positive manner not in the way you did in the past which led you down to in a path of self-destruction [Music]