Is a Compassionate God Unforgiving?
This week’s Torah portion of Behaloscha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) contains God’s instruction to give individuals a second chance to offer a Passover offering if they were unable to do so on Passover. This special offering is called Pesach Sheni, the “second Passover” and provides an important spiritual lesson we can apply to our lives. Although God desires that we pursue a life of goodness and holiness, we are not expected to be perfect. If perfection were the only option for mankind, God would not
Zalman Kravitz