People confuse Vayikra as just a fly-over book in the Pentateuch, whereas in truth it is part of the story that began at Bereishit. It is the course of man to come across everything in this section more frequently than what is found in all other books of Moses combined. The others have many lessons for growth, and a tremendous amount of parables from collective to personal exile and redemption, to the foundations of belief and will. Vayikra though is the core to our practicable application.

As with any life, we all have time that we need to spend. And as the nature of creation goes, we were created to be creators. We see it clearly with the fact that our bodies always ask us to do something, and if we are not being creative with our actions we will be destructive. The simple reason is because our souls cannot do even the slightest desire of its will without the body, and now that it grabs onto a beating heart and a functioning brain it catapults the body into action.

The soul initiates interest in certain subjects and topics so that the mind can form conclusions and develop direction to bring it to fruition. My soul and yours are driven to like other things and to perform other tasks, only because the purpose of our being here on earth differs. The uniqueness of each individual is seldom recognized in systematic societies, and it is a sad reality for many who have, and are, putting in a fraction of their talents into this world. But the good news is that we have access to the knowledge from the outside which allows us to see beyond our state of being so that we can be pulled into fields that make our hearts happy.

The state of being can be understood from a simple lens. Someone working a dead-end job is currently in a “state of being,” and although the job requires their full attention and........

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