“The gold and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin and the lead...
must be purified with mey nidah (the waters of sprinkling)... you shall
pass [it] through water.”
-Matot 31:22-23
This passage, proclaimed as the Jewish people were ready to enter the Land of
Israel, presents a basic law relating to the fundamental principle of kashrut,
the dietary laws: how to make vessels kosher, fit for use by Jews.
According to some authorities, this passage is also the source for the
fundamental law relating to Family Purity, that a menstruant woman must immerse
in a mikveh for self-purification.
In these last days of the galut we must be particularly vigilant with
these two commandments. Besides their intrinsic significance as basic and
perpetual principles of Judaism, they are also a special preparation and
catalyst for our anticipated entry into the Land of Israel with the coming of
Moshiach.
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