Our guest this wek is Rabbi Shaanan Gelman, leader of Kehilat Chovevei Tzion in Skokie, Illinois. Rabbi Gelman was born in Buffalo, NY and grew up in the Bronx. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science at ...

Rabbi/Cantor Diane Offenberg-Rose is a Jewish Universalist Rabbi serving the Los Angeles region. She was a music teacher and conductor before becoming a Cantor and then a Rabbi, with a Bachelor’s in ...

Ever since the yearly cycle of Torah readings was standardised towards the end of the Second Temple era, and the fixed calendar as calculated by Hillel II (Hillel ben Yehudah, Nasi - head - of the ...

the tent of meeting, saying: א וַיִּקְרָא אֶל-מֹשֶׁה; וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֵלָיו, מֵאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֵאמֹר. This is the opening verse of Sefer Vayikra/Leviticus, the third book of the Torah, and its ...

Korbanot in Jerusalem produce a spiritual ripple effect that adds incredible blessing to the world – curing diseases, alleviating suffering & influencing random acts of kindness across the globe.

As we come to the Torah’s middle section, we find ourselves with a book that often gets overlooked. Shorter than the other four books and interrupted by Purim and Pesach, it often just feels like a ...

Why is the letter aleph in the word va’yikra, the very first word of the Book of Leviticus, written smaller than the others? It is smaller, suggests the Ba’al Haturim, because it reveals Moses’s ...

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As we delve into VaYikra, the third Sefer of the Torah, we realize that this new Sefer is fairly different from all of the other four books. The concept of Korbanot, Temple offerings, is the most ...

Will sacrifices be restored in messianic times? Rambam in his Mishneh Torah argues that it will be reinstated. In his words: King Messiah will arise in the future and restore the kingship of the House ...