A Condition of Virtuality - The shiur addresses the interrelationship of mortality as expressed in parsha Parah with our connection to the Torah and Beit HaMikdash as human beings. We also address our relationship to the Beit HaMikdash to come, the paradoxes of Purim and wine, the restructuring of our understanding of tzniut as expressed in Sha’ul and Esther, and the problem with spontaneity that took place in the parsha. Far from being a limit on spontaneity, the recognition of the truth of the human condition and its acceptance of the vayidom (which is just as much part of the zot chukat hatorah of Parah Adumah as it is in this week’s parsha), makes it possible for us to be maximally spontaneous just as it was for Moshe Rabbeinu when he broke the luchot, and for Esther when she went in to seduce the king. This is opposite the type of spontaneity that involves thoughts about protecting one’s self instead of becoming part of the flow of life.

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