Taming the Beast | Parshat Vayikra
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...
Leviticus 1-5
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...
This week brings us back to Leviticus, with its laws on sacrificial worship – burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. Again, as we read the weekly portion, we try to experience something of...
Chapter 4 of Leviticus deals entirely with sin-offerings: those brought by a person who incurs guilt unwittingly (vv. 2, 27-35); by the high priest who has incurred guilt “so that blame falls upon the...
The Sages’ saying, “Where the repentant stand, even the completely righteous cannot stand,” has been used extensively in Jewish thought on the virtues of repentance and the advantage of the repentant over the righteous. ...
Vayikra, (וַיִּקְרָא — Hebrew for “and He called,” the first word in the parashah) is the 24th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle ofTorah reading and the first in the book of Leviticus. It constitutes Leviticus 1:1–5:26. The parashah has the most letters and words...
In this class, Rod Bryant discusses the Offerings which is an introduction to the sacrificial system. The word “Karbanot” is usually translated as “sacrifices” or “offerings”; however, both of these terms suggest a loss...