Shabbos Together Separately 5 Shmini Back to Chometz

Streamed live on Apr 19, 2020
We read about one of the happiest days in history. Rosh Chodesh Nissan, a year after leaving Egypt. The entire Jewish people experienced HaShem’s open revelation of Himself in the Tabernacle.
As is often the case, the great celebration was tempered with the great tragedy of the death of two great luminaries, children of Aharon.
We are then given many of the guidelines how to develop and maintain holiness and greatness; namely through dietary laws. You are what you eat. HaShem teaches us many examples of eating dignified healthy food. Every person knows himself (or can find out) which things are detrimental, and must be avoided. This is a central theme of the Torah, as all of our energy and drives come from our food.
Daily joyous life of living with HaShem is very much intertwined with healthy eating habits.

Sermon: Back to Chometz