Our guest this week is Rabbi Ilan Glazer of the Beth Sholom Synagogue in Memphis, Tennessee. Rabbi Glazer was ordained in 2012 by ALEPH: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal. He has a B.A. in Talmud and ...

“Be holy,” begins one the combined Torah Portions for today. “All right,” I might say. “But what exactly do I do next?” I’ll take the long way around in advising what to do next. I don’t always ...

In the Torah portion (parsha) of Acharei Mot, we have the very famous rule and concept of "chukot hagoyim" - not imitating the nations around us. When looking at those few pesukim (verses) that teach ...

My six-year old son, Jeremy loves maps. He enjoys playing with Google Earth and finding our home and the homes of his friends and family. The other day, I was reading the weekly Torah portion and left ...

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This week’s double portion, Acharei Mot – Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1–20:27), offers profound guidance, not just in law and ritual, but in how we relate to one another with justice, dignity, and ...

Jerusalem Post / Judaism / Torah Portion Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: We aren’t in control! A person has a tendency to dominate and feel ownership, which can lead to pride and egocentrism. The Torah ...

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 ...

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: ‘Holiness,’ ‘abstinence,’ and what lies between Don’t aim for lofty, angelic separation “like Mine” but live a human holiness – the kind of life for which I created the ...

From a literal perspective, the names of the Torah portions consist of nothing more than the first major word of the part of the Torah that is read during a given Shabbat. It can, however, be argued ...