Parshah

“… Then he shall be brought to Aaron the Kohein or to one of his sons the Kohanim.” (Vayikra 13:2)

The Torah says: Even if you are a Kohein go to a different Kohein. A person can see all blemishes except for his own. Though a Kohein is able to diagnose these afflictions his own are invisible to him.

Dorshei Reshumos explains: It’s the nature of a person to recognize the shortcomings of others but not his own. It’s hard for a person to check himself and see his faults. His desires blind him from seeing the truth. He thinks that all his actions are perfect and therefore he has to come to the Kohein to hear words of rebuke. (Rabbi Yaakov Neiman Darchei Mussar)

I started unpacking the suitcases and putting things away. I put up a wash and start bedtime. But something is lodged deep in my throat. A lump that refuses to disappear no matter how often I swallow.