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Portion Ruh Ay : Blood Sweat and Labor Day?

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Portion Ruh Ay : Blood Sweat and Labor Day?

Last week the Torah taught us a little about not eating Blood -

and a lot about fhe Kosher Laws. Blood just doesn't go with kosher -

"because the blood is the soul ... " of every living thing - and we don't want to lose the soul!

And this week? As my teacher Rabbi Zvi Y Kook said:

the Torah teaches us about LIFE in PAIRs -

the PORTIONS go in PAIRS - and This week - the Pair of last week's portion.

What is the PAIR here? We

Add a dimension to the BLOOD issue -

as the portion teaches that

when we sacrificed in the

Great Temple we did 2 things -

the blood was sprinkled on the altar - AND WE SHARED THE FOOD.

THE PORTION SAYS " OnThree holidays go up to Jerusalem

EnJoy and Share in Jerusalem-

The "thank you" sacrifices, the "peace to all" sacrifices, etc

AND As Rebbe Nachman wrote

The three feasts (sukkos passover and shavuos"

Are to experience the joy of sharing with ALL ISRAEL

So this Labor Day remember

We may have worked hard

And sweated it out

And dealt with stuff - and

Now there is this holiday season, and Labor Day,

and the High Holidays coming up

And the sukkos feast

All of these are Gifts of the Almighty who INVENTED HOLIDAYS

To Teach us this is a reward-

AND The greater when we share it

SO Happy holidays

Happy new school year

and Happy Shabbos!

Love from Israel

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz