Today is 8 March 2014, Gregorian. Our reading comes from
Annual Torah Portion: Leviticus 1:1-5:26
Triennial Torah Portion: Leviticus 1:1-2:6
Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21-44:23
Is 44:24,25p "You
have burdened Me with your sins, you have wearied Me with your
iniquities. It is I, I who - for My own sake - wipe your transgressions
away and remember your sins no more."
This goes
along with the Torah reading for today. HaShem wipes away our sins, as
far as the East is from the West, and remembers them no more.
Is 44:6 "Thus
said HaShem, the King of Israel, their Redeemer, HaShem of Hosts: I am
the first and I am the last, and there is no god but me."
Is 43:10,11 "Before Me no god was formed and after Me none shall exist. None but me, HaShem. Beside Me, none can grant triumph."
This is like unto the Shemah: "Hear, O Israel! HaShem is our God. HaShem is One."
There
is but one HaShem, one God. And He is ONE GOD, not two, not three, not
five. This is something that has sustained the Jews for many
centuries. HaShem is our God, and He has give us His Torah, his Law,
for all time. It is through His Torah that we strive for perfection,
which we can never have, but we strive for it. And when we fail, he
forgives us. Our hope is in HaShem, not in the blood of bulls, goats
and pigeons and not in a fine flour offering. It is in HaShem who
forgives us because he wants to forgive us. All we have to do is ask.
We do not need anyone else to forgive us.
Until next week,
Shalom
PS: I might change some things later but this is the posting as of 8 March 2014 - 6 Adar II 5774.
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