The Parasha (Story) of Shemini is the 3rd Parasha of the Book of Leviticus –The Journey for Clarity and finding one's calling in life. This Parasha is focusing on the need for enlightenment & prophetic experience. The Shabbat before Rosh Hodesh Nisan is called Shabbat Parah - The Shabbat of the Red Heifer. This is because we add a reading from Parashat Hukkat about the cleansing from death by using the ashes of The Red Heifer. Now! When the world is still in a dangerous place of uncertainty, it is time to reflect and look inside. This is the time to ask: Who is the person that I want to become and not: 'What are the things that I want to have? the places I want to travel, the deals I want to make'. This the time to stop our slavery to habits, belief systems and objects, the time to prepare ourselves to the freedom awaiting us in the 5780's.