The Parsha of Kedoshim is full of mitzvot, primarily those governing interpersonal relationships. For example, it mentions the famous and oft-cited principle: “Love your fellow as yourself”. However, ...

This Shabbat we read Parashat Kedoshim and on Monday night and Tuesday we will be celebrating Yom Haatzmaut, the anniversary of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. Is there a connection between the ...

The Torah stresses the importance of venerating the elderly, mandating that we “Rise up before the aged and show deference to the old; you shall fear God: I am the Lord” (Leviticus 19:32). The honor ...

Parshat Kedoshim begins with the imperative “be holy because I, Hashem your G-d, am holy” (Vayikra 19:2). The parsha then goes on to detail at great length what it means to be holy by mentioning a ...

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 ...

The two parashot Acharei Mot and Kedoshim are invariably combined in non-leap years, and invariably read separately in leap years (as this year 5784 is). The Haftarah for Parashat Kedoshim is the ...

Lisa Rothstein Goldberg studies at the Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) in New York. Lisa has wanted to be a rabbi since her sophomore year of college. The more she studied Judaism, the more ...

In the Torah portion of Kedoshim we read about many mitzvot, some of which are categorized as “between man and G-d,” meaning mitzvot that are not directed at another person, and some of which are ...

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 ...