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 Torah.org Perceptions By Rabbi Pinchas Winston, Parshas Tazria Perceptions By Rabbi Pinchas Winston To Dedicate an Article  click here Parshas Tazria Eight And Beyond   Friday Night THE TORAH TELLS us to wait seven days after the birth of a boy performing Bris Milah . Similarly, it also teaches us to wait seven days from the birth of a potential sacrifice before offering it up on its eighth day. The Kli Yakar asks ( Parashas Emor, Vayikra 22:27) why the Torah thinks we might have offered the animal earlier than its eighth day, since it would still be quite young and vulnerable. He answers, because even such a young animal already looks like an adult animal from birth, just much smaller. Then he asks, why the eighth day? Is it just the first day after the seventh day, or is it specific? The Kli Yakar explains that the number eight always represents a more spiritual, supern

 Torah.org Perceptions By Rabbi Pinchas Winston Perceptions By Rabbi Pinchas Winston To Dedicate an Article  click here Parshas Shemini Eight   Friday Night One of the physical differences between humans and animals is what they are like from birth. When animals are born they already look like adult animals, just in miniature. That’s what makes them so cute. But human babies look very little like what they will look like as adults, because they will constantly develop and change. The Kli Yakar points out in Parashas Emor that this is why the Torah has to tell us to wait seven days from the birth of animal before using it as a sacrifice on its eighth day. You might have thought, since it already looks like a regular animal, that it can be used as a sacrifice from birth. Therefore, the Torah tells us to wait seven days. Why seven days? Because, the Kli Yakar explains, eight is a number that represents