The parashah, like much of the book of Vayikra, is concerned with sacrificial rituals. It is about sacrifices as a messy physical reality – the slaughtering of the animal (though this parashah also deals with menachot, offering...
I remember my mother speaking to one of her Christian Clergy friends, who was very interested in her becoming a rabbi. The Minister asked her: “When did you hear the calling?” It was a question that my mother didn’t have an answer t...
This Shabbat is the last of the four special Shabbatot which started with Shabbat Shekalim. On each of these Shabbatot, our Maftir comes from a second Sefer Torah, and there is a spec...
