leviticus
Weekly Torah Portion: Building a Holy Nation
You shall be holy for I the Lord your God am holy. (Leviticus 19:2) Throughout Leviticus, God commands Moses to teach the Children of Israel, or to instruct them in various commandments and rules of...
Weekly Torah Portion: Holiness
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Weekly Torah Portion: Purity in the Land
Chapter 18 of Leviticus is seemingly a list of dos and don'ts, not unlike many of the rules of purity and impurity listed throughout Leviticus. But at closer examination, there is something...
Weekly Torah Portion: The Yom Kippur Service
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Weekly Torah Portion: Hold Your Tongue!
This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest. (Leviticus 14:2) So begins a detailed description of the rituals involved with purifying...
Weekly Torah Portion: A Pox on your House!
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. While tzaraat can affect people and...
Weekly Torah Portion: Purity and Impurity, Life and Death
This week's portion continues the discussion of ritual purity. In last week's portion, the instructions regarding purity revolved around various animals that are considered pure or impure. Those...
Weekly Torah Portion: A Spiritual Affliction
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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...
Weekly Torah Portion: Vessels in the Service of God
Chapter 8 in Leviticus discusses the anointing of Aaron and his sons as priests in the Tabernacle and the anointing of the Tabernacle itself. The process is very detailed. The first step is the...