Category: Parshat Emor

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...