[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“Do not let the group of Kohathite clans be cut off from the Levites. Do this with them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most sacred objects: let Aaron and his sons go in and assign each of them to his duties and […]

Thoughts on parashat Bechukotai [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments, I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field their fruit. (Lev 26:3-4)   [/perfectpullquote] Until the discoveries of Copernicus, […]

In this week’s Torah portion Emor Moses announces to Aaron’s descendants the Eternal’s commandments with regard to carrying out priestly duties. These instructions include among others the following words: [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“The [Eternal] spoke further to Moses: Speak to Aaron and say: ‘No man of your offspring throughout the ages […]

This week we are reading two Torah portions, Acharei-Mot and Kedoshim. The opening verses of the former one, Acharei-Mot, discuss the appropriate way in which Aaron should comport himself as he enters the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle. After the Temple in Jerusalem was built, these verses served as an instruction describing how the […]