Chukas:

1. The Red Cow:
   
   

1. Why a cow? - Egel Hazahav
   
   
2. Why "perfectly" Red? What else is red in the Torah?
   
   
3. Why "lo al aleha ol?" Why would work detract from it? (Life defined by work.)
   
   
4. Why burnt to ashes? And why "outside the camp?"
   
   
5. Above all - why is this the epitome of "chok?" And why specifically is it called "chukas HaTorah?"
   
   
6. What is tuma?
   
   
7. Why is death the "granddaddy of tuma?"
   
   
8. Gem: Snakes don't kill, sin kills.
   
   
9. Torah is "eitz hachaim," - knowledge beyond "eitz hada'as."
   
   

2. "Mai meriva."

1. What was the sin?
   
   
2. How does the punishment fit the crime?
   
   
3. Living post "hishtadlus." (Life defined by life. We work not because we would otherwise lack, i.e. to get,but to give. Messianic times = "Days where we will say 'we have no desire.'"
   
   

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