"And
it was on the eighth day"
(Leviticus 9:1)
Nisan 28, 5772/April 19, 2012 13th day of the Omer Yom HaShoah -
Holocaust Remembrance Day
G-d created the world in six days, and on the seventh
day He rested. On this basic tenet of creation our world exists. Yet this
past week's Torah reading opens, "And it
was on the eighth day" (Leviticus 9:1) Where did this eighth day
come from? What is it doing here? Of course, on the literal level, Torah is
referring to the day following the seven day inauguration of the Tabernacle
in the desert. The first seven days were a dry run, a full dress rehearsal
minus the presence of G-d's Indwelling, the Shechinah.
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