Post A Little-Known Holiday With a Big Message Last week was our anniversary and our kids threw us a surprise party. They invited all of our friends and brought in spectacular catering. It was amazing and the party… Read More
Post Atoning For Unintentional Sins The book of Leviticus begins with a discussion of the korbanot, or sacrifices, that were brought in the Tabernacle and Temple. One of these sacrifices was called the korban chatat,… Read More
Post Baking Bread Temple Style Shavuot is an annual Jewish holiday, one of the three Biblically mandated pilgrimage festivals when, in Temple times, Jews ascended to Jerusalem. It is observed after the Jews complete a… Read More
Post Can We Bring Sacrifices Without a Temple? The Torah goes to great lengths to mandate that all Jews must only bring sacrifices to the same place; the Tabernacle (wherever it stands), and, later, the Temple in Jerusalem. … Read More
Post Can we Bring the Passover Sacrifice Today? While still in Egypt, the Children of Israel were commanded to perform the ritual sacrifice of a lamb on the eve of the Exodus from Egypt. Unlike later Passover sacrifices… Read More
Post It takes effort and perseverance to achieve success This verse contains a list of the seven special agricultural products of the Land of Israel. These seven species are somehow connected to the land and are considered special in… Read More
Post Parshat Hachodesh: the New Moon and the Passover Offering On the Shabbat that falls out on or before the first day of the month of Nissan, a section of the Torah is read in addition to the regular Torah… Read More
Post Pesach Sheini (Second Passover): the Holiday of Second Chances Pesach Sheini (second Passover), which occurs on the 14th of Iyar, one month after the Passover offering is offered, embodies the concept of a “second chance” more than any other… Read More
Post The Biblical Symbolism Of Passover Foods The home-based Passover service, known as the Passover Seder, is brimming with Biblical symbolism. Seder is the Hebrew word for order, alluding to the idea that God runs the world in… Read More
Post The Continuous Flame on the Altar and in Our Hearts The altar in the Tabernacle was, of course, for burning the sacrifices, but the Torah commanded that the fire be kept burning constantly, night and day, regardless of whether or… Read More
