By Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt’l March 24, 1973 Religious leadership whether of the pulpit or classroom or institution moves between two poles, and the tension between them is characteristic of all spiritual leadership. We may locate it, as I have indicated, in the role of the Kohen. Parashat Parah tells us of the red heifer. The law is […]
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While the first of the month of Nissan may seem like the official kickoff for the Passover season, preparations begin even earlier. The Shabbat before the first of Nissan is called Parshat Hachodesh named for the launching of the month of Nissan and the Shabbat before that is called Parshat Parah named after the Parah Adumah, the red heifer prescribed in the Torah as the recipe for ritual purity and used by anyone made impure by the presence of a dead body, in anticipation of Passover.