Weekly Torah Portion: Being Kosher, Being Chosen

This week’s portion contains one of the basic fundamentals of kosher eating – the list of animals that are permitted as well as a list of animals that are not.  Chapter 11 begins: Speak to the people of Israel, saying, these are the living things that you may eat...

Weekly Torah Portion: Everyone Makes Mistakes

The Book of Leviticus is dedicated primarily to instructing us in the various sacrifices that are brought in the Tabernacle and, later on, in the Temple, as well as other instructions pertaining to the work of the priests and the Levites. Chapter 4 begins with a...

Weekly Torah Portion: Sin and Guilt Offerings

The following is a taste of our Israel Bible Reading Plan. Follow the weekly portion with summaries, insights and lively conversation. To register, click here. Two more types of offerings are discussed in this week’s portion, and they are intimately related. To begin...

Sin Offerings and Guilt Offerings

Two more types of offerings are discussed in this week’s portion, and they are intimately related. To begin with, they are both mandatory offerings, required under specific circumstances, connected to the transgression of God’s laws.   Sin offerings are required...