Today, it’s hard for us to understand the meaning of sacrifices. As an animal lover who has two dogs, five chickens and a tortoise, it would certainly be rough for me to participate in animal ...

Why were Nadav and Avihu, two of Aaron’s sons, killed? The Torah states their deaths occurred when they brought an esh zarah (foreign fire) into the Temple (Leviticus 10:1). But what was the nature of ...

Our Torah portion this week, Acharei Mot (After the Death), contains a ritual that bespeaks an ancient stratum of religion, and a deep, tortured chamber of the soul. “Aaron will take two goats, and ...

We call Yom Kippur one of the Days of Awe – but what does awe have to do with forgiveness for our sins? In this week’s parsha video, Rabbi Fohrman challenges the way we think about Yom Kippur and ...

This week’s parsha includes social justice laws – leave some crops for the poor, etc. – right next some minute laws relates to animal sacrifices. What’s the connection between the two? Rabbi Fohrman ...

Editor's note: This year the eighth day of Passover, kept only in the Diaspora, fell on the Sabbath, so while Jews in Israel read Parshat Acharei Mot, the Sabbath Torah portion, Jews in the Diaspora ...

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In Memory of our beloved David Schwartz, who fell in battle sanctifying God’s name, on 27 Tevet, 5784 (8 January 2024). “Le’David Barchi Nafshi” is a compilation of essays written on the weekly Torah ...