Shavuah Tov!!! Wishing everyone a blessed week!
This week we read Parasha “Shemini” (eighth).
The Parasha of last week “Tzav,” describes the first seven days of the inauguration of the Tabernacle, and the beginning of Parasha “Shemini,” describes the final eighth day of the inauguration. By the Torah separating this portion from Parasha Tzav, hints that although the “eighth” day, is part of the inauguration of the Tabernacle, it is given a place of its own because it has a complete different theme.
The first seven days of the inauguration of the Mishkan alude to the seven days of the week, the cycle of the natural world, the finite realm.
Eighth, on the other hand, represents that which is beyond the world, the infinite realm.
The only way in which we can bridge the finite with the infinite is through the 613 mitzvots. Consequently, it is through the observance of these Mitzvots that G-d’s presence will become visible within the physical world, with the complete Redemption- like the “eighth” day inauguration, when “the glory of G-d appeared to all the people.”
Some excerpts from “Chayenu”
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