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Itâs time to start a new book. We just finished Vayikra, with its exhaustive treatment of laws of holiness pertaining to persons, places and times, and weâre moving on.
But, where are we going? And where are we now? The last couple ofÂ
parashiyot of Vayikra reminded us that, despite all the emphasis on our travelling sanctuary, the Mishkan, we are still firmly planted at Mount Sinai. Marching instructions? None, yet. Ready to leave the mountain, with visions of a promised land receding after almost a year of no progress on the ground, we would seem to be stuck in the middle of nowhere.