לזכות ידידי אהובי ר' יוסף עזרא בן עזרא לשפע ברכה והצלחה בכל אשר יעשו!
לזכות ידידי אהובי הרה"ג ר' ישראל אפפעל וכל בני ביתו לשפע ברכה והצלחה בכל אשר יעשו!
The Torah tells us that when we come to Eretz Yisrael [Devarim 12/20] "בכל אוות נפשך תאכל בשר" - "With all the desires of your heart eat meat". In the desert we were only allowed to consume the meat of korbanos but in E.Y. we can eat meat without it being a korban.
This can be understood two ways:
1] As a concession to human weakness. It is really not good to eat meat but the Torah allows it anyway- "בכל אוות נפשך" - But know that it is an אכילת תאווה - not a holy eating but one that comes from a place of raw physical desire.
2] Once we come to E.Y. we are so elevated that even our consumption of meat is like a korban. The Land purifies our souls and raises us to much higher levels [that is why Moshe had such a strong urge to enter the Land].
If we understand the second way then we can also understand why the Torah has to tell us "רק חזק לבלתי אכול את הדם" - "Just strengthen yourself not to eat the blood". Why do we need extra strength not to eat the blood? Blood is GROSS to eat?! The answer is that our eating is so holy and spiritual it is like a korban and just as a korban requires the sprinkling of the blood on the mizbeach, so too our eating should require a consumption of the blood as part of the offering. That is why the Torah has to give a special warning NOT to consume blood!! "BE STRONG AND DON'T CONSUME THE BLOOD!" We are on a high level - but not THAT high.
It says in the תיקוני זוהר that when we are in the diaspora, we are like a woman who left the domain of her husband. This means that in E.Y. revelation of Hashem comes from a place of unity while outside the land it comes from a place of multiplicity, as Chazal teach us that one who dwells outside the land is like an idol worshiper [!!! - I have SOOOO MANY aveiros on my ledger, thank G-d I don't have that one anymore. I need all the help I can get!]. That is why the pasuk says about מעשר שני that לא תוכל לאכול בשעריך - You will not be able to eat it [outside of Yerushalayim] in your gates. Rebbi Yehoshua ben Korcha says that this means that is not PERMITTED to eat it outside of Yerushalayim. So why does the Torah phrase it that one will be unable?? E.Y. is so holy that one should ideally be in a state where he IS UNABLE to sin. When one is so connected to the source, sin becomes impossible.
That is the meaning of what a says a little bit later in the parsha [14/1] that one may not inflict a wound on himself as part of his mourning the death of a relative. The idea of the laws of aveilus is that we connect to the dead person by distancing ourselves from active participation in this world just as the dead person is no longer here. But we only rip our garments which can be changed and are not an essential part of us but we don't rip into our bodies which are closer to Hashem than they are to the dead person. We are deeply connected to the source always!!
