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Parshas Shmini (5766)
By Mordechai Dolinsky
We live in an era where we have a special need for strengthening and reinforcing our emuna. Of the four creatures the Chumash enumerates having only one of the two signs of kashrus; with the passing of thousands of years since Hashem gave the Torah, and hundreds of new species discovered, no new animal was observed having only one of two signs specified in the Chumash. This includes the multitude of new species previously unknown that were discovered in Australia.
The laws of kashrus include various trefos which, if understood properly, are explicit true knowledge of the intricacies of anatomy, which according to modern medicine were discovered and understood relatively recently—chizuk!
In our blessing for Rosh Chodesh we should include spiritual success for our endeavors for the forthcoming period.
The nightly sefira should be a source of self-improvement for the assigned sefira of the day.
Have a wonderful Shabbos.