Mark Call – Torah Teaching for Parsha “Chukat”
The annual cycle Torah reading for this week is parsha "Chukat," Numbers chapters 19 through 21) and it contains what is sometimes called the most enigmatic "chuq" (or, "do this because He says so") in the Torah: the Red Heiffer, or <em>parah adumah.</em> Even Solomon is thought to have said he just didn't quite get it.
The Erev Shabbat reading:
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