Friday, April 4, 2008

the leper's cure

THE TORAH TELLS US THAT THE LEPER=MOSHIACH OR THE JEWISH PEOPLE WILL BE CURED OF THEIR LEPROSY. THE FINISHING TOUCHES OF THIS PROCESS WAS TO TAKE TWO WILD BIRDS ,KILL ONE OF THEM AND DIP THE SECOND IN THE BLOOD
OF THE FIRST AND SHAKE THE SECOND BIRD AND SPRINKLE THE WATER AND BLOOD MIXTURE IT WAS DIPPED IN UPON THE LEPER.
THIS WAS DONE TOGETHER WITH A CEDAR STICK,BOUGH OF HYSSOPP WRAPPED IN A THREAD OF SCARLET WOOL. BY IMMERSING THE OBJECTS IN A MIXTURE OF "LIVING WATER" AND THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST BIRD THE LEPER WOULD CONCLUDE HIS HEALING AND PURIFICATION.
THE LEPER IS US AND THE LEPROSY IS OUR RELIANCE ON MEN AND NATURAL MEANS TO THE EXCLUSION OF G-D. WE HAD TO BE SHAKEN OUT OF THIS GOLUS MENTALITY. WUITH THE LEPER IT REPRESENTED THE CONCEPT THAT THE DEAD BIRD WAS GONE =THE BIRD BEING ATTITUDE AND A NEW ATTITUDE WAS GOTTEN BY CASTING THE LIVE BIRD TO ITS' OWN DESIGNS FOR SURVIVAL TOWARD THE "FACE OF THE FIELD".
THIS HAPPENED WITH THE HOLOCAUST. HALF OF THE OLD WORLD'S JEWS WERE MURDERED AND THE OTHER HALF SURVIVED. HOWEVER, THE OTHER BIRD=HALF OF JEWRY WAS SHAKEN UP WITH THE FEAR AND DREAD OF THE FIRST BIRD. IN THE PROCESS OF RE-ESTABLISHING THEIR LIVES,THE SURVIVARS HAD NO PARENTS GUIDES OR TEACHJERS TELLING THEM HOW TO LIVE. THEY WERE CAST INTO THE FIELD ,THE WILD FIELDS ,UNFAMILIAR TO THEM IN ORDER TO REBUILD THE COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE.
WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE SURVIVORS WHO WERE CAST TO CIRCUMSTANCE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. NOT ONLY DID THEY SURVIVE , THEY FLOURISHED.
THE REASON FOR THEIR SUCCESS? G-D GAVE THEM THE AWARENESS THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER DO THINGS THE OLD WAY . THEY HAD TO REBUILD JEWISH RESOLVE , IDENTITY AND ULTIMATELY , A NEW SPIRITUALITY.
THIS IS THE RUACH OF CHANGE, THE SPIRIT OF THE MOSHIACH THAT RESIDES WITHIN EACH OF US..
to be continued

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