“The priest shall dress in linen raiment, with linen breeches next to his body; and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and place them beside the ...

Congregation Beth Israel: Shabbat Morning Chanting Minyan at 10 a.m. Saturday with morning prayers through chanting, niggun and Jewish meditative practice with a discussion of this week’s Torah ...

The portion of Tzav continues its discussion of the sacrificial service. Nachmanides explains that while the previous portion, Vayikra, focuses on the Jews who bring the sacrifice, as the Torah states ...

There is a serious disagreement between Rashi and Ramban about when the charge to Moshe to inaugurate the Kohanim in this week’s parsha occurred. According to Rashi, the Torah goes backwards seven ...

And [Moses] took the fat, the tail, all the fat which was on the innards, the diaphragm of the liver, the two kidneys together with their fat and the right thigh. ~ Leviticus 8:25 I’m a fan of the ...

How can I, a modern day reader of the Torah, understand and relate to the concept of animal sacrifices, Korbanot? The ritual seems completely antiquated and barbaric to us today. And yet, Korbanot ...