The red heifer defies logic. Chukat asks whether we can obey what we do not understand.
The parah adumah is Torah's classical chok, a law without accessible reason. It purifies the impure and renders the pure impure. Even Shlomo HaMelech is said to have called it beyond him.
A serious spiritual life does not require that everything be explained. It requires that we keep walking even where explanation ends.
This week, hold one commitment, spiritual or ethical, even in the absence of a compelling reason today. See what stays with you.