Leviticus
Vayikra
Vayikra: Korbanot and Yirat Hashem
Parshat Vayikra enumerates many korbanot, including those that must be given for inadvertent sins.
5 Facts About Parshat Vayikra that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Vayikra: When a Man Sacrifices His Body and Soul
In the Parsha of Vayikra (1: 2) it is written, "When a man from [among] you brings a sacrifice to the Lord; from animals, from cattle or from the flock you shall bring...
Tzav
5 Facts About Parshat Tzav that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Why Civilisations Die?
In her recent “The Watchman’s Rattle”, subtitled ‘Thinking our way out of extinction’, Rebecca Costa delivers a fascinating account of how...
Rashi’s Mussar: Pure Inner Thoughts
This week’s parsha, Tzav, continues the description of the various types of offerings, which began last week in Vayikra.
Shemini
Shemini : Being the One Who Starts
In Parshat Shemini (9:23) it is written: "Moshe and Aharon entered into the tent of meeting, and they came out and blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord dwelled...
Shemini: The Light We Make
The great moment has come. For seven days – beginning on the 23rd Adar – Moses had consecrated Aaron and the priests.
Tazria
Tazria: The Eighth Day
Our parsha begins with childbirth and, in the case of a male child, “On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised” (Lev. 12:3). This...
Tazria: Three Gems from the Parsha
As a rule, Rashi usually explains how one Parsha is juxtaposed to another. But this is not the case this time around. Therefore, we will try to explain the link between...
Metzora
Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov?
The Sages understood tsara’at, the theme of this week’s parsha, not as an illness but as a miraculous public exposure of the sin of lashon hara, speaking...
5 Facts About the Parsha Metzora That (Maybe) You Didn't...
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5 Facts About Parshat Tazria-Metzora that You (Maybe)...
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Acharei Mot
Acharei Mot: Using Negative Influence for the Good
Before detailing the list of forbidden relationships the Torah instructs us: “Do not perform the practices of the land of Egypt in which you dwelled; and do not...
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Acharei Mot : Leaving The Impurity of Egypt
Before detailing the list of forbidden relationships the Torah instructs us: “Do not perform the practices of the land of Egypt in which you dwelled, and do not...
Kedoshim
Understanding The Meaning of True Chesed
In the latter part of the Parsha, the Torah enumerates the various forbidden relationships and their punishments.
In Search of Jewish Identity
The other day I was having a conversation with a Jewish intellectual and the question came up, as it often does, as to the nature of Jewish identity.
Emor
5 Facts About Parshat Emor that You (Maybe) Didn't Know
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Holy Times
The parsha of Emor contains a chapter dedicated to the festivals of the Jewish year.
Behar
Family Feeling
I argued in Covenant and Conversation Kedoshim that Judaism is more than an ethnicity. It is a call to holiness. In one sense, however, there is an important...
5 Facts About Parshat Behar that you (maybe) didn't know
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Bechukotai
A Sense of Direction
Smartphones can do amazing things – few more amazing than Waze, the Israeli-designed satellite navigation system acquired by Google in 2013.
5 Facts About Parshat Bechukotai that You (Maybe) You...
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Bechukotai: Raising Our Children-Insights in Rashi
Vayikra, 26:3: If you will follow My decrees and observe my Commandments and perform them.Vayikra, 26:12-13: I will walk among you, I will be G-d to you and you will be...
Leviticus
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