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seed, akin to defiling the entire Torah. Every drop of seed contains untold
neshamot, each containing 613 organs, corresponding to the 613 mitzvot.

The Torah lauds Yaakov Avinu, who never saw a drop of keri in his life.
His son, Yosef, merited protection from the wiles of Potiphar’s wife
because he was inspired by the image of his father, who was so vigilant
in this area.

The ashes of the parah adumah purified the defiled. The red heifer hints
to the lifeblood of man. Its ashes symbolize man’s humble beginning, as
dust of the ground. When the ashes are sprinkled on a person, his flesh
and blood become reinvigorated, and he is like a new person, free of sin.

When Bnei Yisrael brought before Moshe the gold of the Midianite
women whom they had taken captive, he rebuked them severely. He felt
that they should not have taken these women captive, for they posed a
spiritual threat. Bnei Yisrael had already sinned once with devastating
results; they should have been more careful.

“Moshe and Elazar the Kohen took the gold Moshe chastised them, stating that although they had not actually sinned
from them, every fashioned vessel” with these women, they had certainly entertained improper thoughts
regarding them. Wrong thoughts can be worse than sin itself. After one
(Bamidbar 31:51)
sins, he is beset with remorse and does teshuvah. But one does not see the

“Moshe and Elazar the Kohen took the gold necessity of doing teshuvah for merely thinking wrong thoughts. He
from the officers of the thousands and the therefore continues following the lusts of his heart.
hundreds and brought it to the Tent of Meeting, Bnei Yisrael brought the jewels as atonement for the improper thoughts
a remembrance for the Children of Israel that they had previously entertained. The words “every fashioned vessel”
teaches us that wrong thoughts are the tools which eventually cause one
before Hashem” to do the actual sin itself.
(ibid. vs. 54)
“The eye sees and the heart desires…” One must guard his eyes very
well, so that he should not fall into negative thoughts, which can
germinate into misdeeds.