REB CHAIM & THE KEDUSHA WITHIN
This Shabbos we will read Parshas Para, the additional Parsha of the Red Heifer. This Parsha teaches us the many laws that relate to tumas meis, the impurity that comes from the body of a Jew who has died. The Parsha opens with the introductory statement; “This is the Law of the Torah.” The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh asks how are these laws The Laws of the Torah any more than the laws regarding other mitzvos? Just as the Parsha of the korban Pesach opens with “These are the laws of the Pesach”, this Parsha should open with “These are the laws of Tuma”.