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“The princes brought the shoham stones and the filling stones for the Eifod and for the Choshen.”

– Sh’mos 35:27

“And Hashem spoke to Moshe saying, “Go down, for your nation that you have brought up from Egypt, has sinned.”

– Sh’mos 32:7

The Kohen shall don a garment of linen, and he shall don linen breeches on his skin, and he shall remove the ashes.”

— VaYikra 6:3

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“On the Shulchan shall you place the Bread of Surfaces before Me, always.”

– Sh’mos 25:30

“You shall not allow a sorceress to live.”

– Sh’mos 22:17

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The Sefer HaChinuch explains that the mitzvah to destroy sorcerers is based on the foundation that Hashem created a perfect world. Everything in this world has a plan and a purpose, and everything is in exact balance. To maintain a perfect physical world, Hashem created a spiritual world to guide it. From the stars and planets, down to the trees and grass, behind every physical entity is a spiritual counterpart that is responsible for its existence. Chazal tell us, “No blade of grass grows without an angel guiding it (B’reishis Rabah 10:6).”

“And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and Hashem moved the sea with a strong eastern wind all the night, and He turned the sea to damp land and the water split.”