Shnayim Yomi - Metzora - Sheni - #2 5782

[Music] second aliyah pasha's masora second aliyah describes the third process that the mizora has to go through in order to divest himself of his saras tumor the tumor that comes with the affliction of saras and the torah talks about the bringing one of the corbonas is known as the ashram the guilt offering that the cohen shechts the carbon ashram the guilt offering and takes the blood from the carbon and applies it to the right ear mid-ear the right thumb and the right big toe of the metsora as part of the purification process what is fascinating is that we don't find this process repeated in any other situation in the torah except for one the case of the inauguration of a cohen the cohen who is based on his actions and his high standing noble standing in society has been chosen to serve in the basa amigdas has to go through a process of inauguration and involved in that process is the exact same procedure taking blood from the shafted animal applying it to his right ear his right thumb and his right big toe the question is what is the connection how can we compare the kohen who is the most noble elite individual in claude israel to this mitsora who is the outcast who has been singled out be thrown out of society leaving all game of macha nozzling all three camps and now he's trying to make his way back what is the connection we know that every single individual has a deep yearning to feel self-worth because he wants to feel valued he wants to feel like he's a success that he has worth now in secular society the way this is uh attained is through the promotion of competition competition is the forum by which we gauge ourselves vis-a-vis our fellow man if we can best him we can be better than our colleagues that gives us a sense of then we have attained success we have attained self-worth by being better than the person next to us unfortunately this manner of gauging ourselves is fraught with great dangers we are never truly encouraged to fully develop to be all that we ourselves can be and furthermore instead of applying ourselves and developing our talents and actualizing our potential we sometimes choose a path of least resistance the easy way out is that we can elevate ourselves by stepping upon others putting others down and uh we can delude ourselves into believing that by being that we feel we're better than them that gives us a sense of self-worth now the opposite is true very often instead of feeling accomplished right we will feel empty and we don't feel that sense of fulfillment that we are looking for and very because very often also the most talented and the individuals have the greatest capacity will be it will feel the greatest void when they are uh when they are have that sense of not being fulfilled and we find that usually the ones that have that talent to put people down the cynics the ones that are the bali russian horror are also usually the most talented individuals yes they're using their talent unfortunately in a way that is not going to give them the fulfillment they desire that is really the motivation very often of the ballot puts people down because he's searching his own sense of fulfillment now if this baalosh and horror has chosen that path to get fulfillment clearly saw that path led him to be singled out as an outcast the torah is teaching us that if you want to feel special and you want to feel that you are separating yourself as an outstanding individual take a look at the cohen the cohen embodies self-accomplishment developing his potential he stands out in society in a positive manner so therefore and that is being highlighted the inaugural process the inaugural process that he goes through highlights the individual this is an upstanding individual you the baaloshin hara you want to be you want to have that sense of fulfillment you want to be singled out and somebody special use the cohen as your role model the process of the cohen is is mimicked by the midsole because now he's coming back to society and you have that still that deep desire to feel self-worth copy the coin use and actualize your your your talents and and and your potential in a way that will make you feel special in a positive manner not in the way you did in the past which laid you down to in a path of self-destruction [Music] you