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Porton of AchRey and Kedoshim – and the Tooth Fairy

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Porton of AchRey and Kedoshim – and the Tooth Fairy

At a restaurant one time my big girl said "my mouth s bleeding" – she had lost a baby tooth

My little girl said "oh – blood!"

The double header this week starts with Sacrifices of Yom Kippur

sprinkling blood towards the Holy of Holies

and then the second porton

teaches ways to connect deeply with G-d thru many Mitzvos

Now - Why in the Temple sacrifices in Jerusalem did the Kohain have to sprinkle blood

And

If you had to go to a Mikva to cleanse body and soul,

before bringing sacrifices

why deal with a place where blood might surely stain your clothes?

And why does the tooth fairy come and leave gifts when my kids baby teeth fall out?

The deep question s-

What is real in this world (to YOU anyway)

Your car

Your job

Sorcery

Video games

Or vacations

Or - hopefully -

Or maybe your family

And living a positive life

If your Kid (or your Cat) scrapes a knee - what should you do? That's a part of life -

fix it and hold them to feel better/

If you need an operation do you go to a sorcerer to ask how it will turn out?

The Torah portion says - it will go against the truth and reality

The first portion comes to grips with

the Reality that trying to stay pure is he objective not always achieved

Blood sweat and tears- what a name for a BAND - why were they successful?

There was some DEEP MEANING in SOME of their music

The temple idea was to teach the reality of blood (and sweat) and tears

and that the Almighty wants us to face it all - and live a holy and productive life

not to sweat the small stuff

but to confront the blood and the tears and know that when we do so

it is the Almighty - not the tooth fairy or the sorcerer - who leaves us gifts under our pillow

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz