You Are What You Eat | Manna
In the Hebrew Bible, manna is described twice: once in Exodus 16:1–36 with the full narrative surrounding it, and once again in Numbers 11:1–9 as a part of a separate narrative. In the description...
In the Hebrew Bible, manna is described twice: once in Exodus 16:1–36 with the full narrative surrounding it, and once again in Numbers 11:1–9 as a part of a separate narrative. In the description...
There came out among the Israelites one whose mother was Israelite and whose father was Egyptian. And a fight broke out in the camp between the half-Israelite and a certain Israelite (Lev. 24:10).
Parshat Emor continues the theme of holiness which was introduced in Kedoshim. All Jews are commanded to be holy on the individual and communal level. Our national mission is contained in the injunction to...
by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Parshas EMOR, Leviticus 21:1-24:23 SAY TO THE PRIESTS As discussed in Universal Torah #20 TETZAVEH, the Torah conception of the priests and their relationship with the people is radically...
Rod Bryant provides a clear understanding of the details of the offerings in “Taming the Beast” As Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi points out, the verse does not say, “a man of you...
Lessons for Humanity by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Leviticus 1:1-5:26 AND G-D SPOKE TO HIM FROM THE TENT OF MEETING The last five parshahs of the Book of Exodus explained the form of the...
In this Torah portion we read the complex order for Yom Kippur and rigorous practice on the day of atonement. We discover the order which reveals the essence of the Creator, and how torah...
“Why the two goats on Yom Kippur” we will discover that sin and guilt offerings were common in ancient Israel, but this ceremony was unique. Normally confession was made over to be offered as...
Torah Reading: Parshas BECHUKOSAI, Leviticus 26:3-27:34 IF YOU WILL GO IN MY STATUTES Our parshah, BECHUKOSAI, puts the seal on the book of Leviticus, which is the “heart” of the Torah (Genesis being the...
Join the Netiv community for lesson two of Kedoshim , Pesach and future redemption. Kedoshim is Hebrew for “holy ones,” the 14th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah this is the 30th weekly Torah...
Join the Netiv community in lesson one of two on holiness and it’s connection to Pesach. Kedoshim is Hebrew for “holy ones,” the 14th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah this is the...
Discover the path of holiness for the Ger | Bnei Noach. Holiness (kedushah) in Judaism is a theological concept that has often borne a social agenda. In directing the Israelites in how to...