Weekly Torah Lesson

Parasha: K’doshim – Holy Ones VaYikra 19:1 – 20:27 “V’Yikra 19:1 And Avinu spoke to Moshe, saying, 2  Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy: for I Avinu Elohekah am holy. 3  You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am Avinu Elohekah. … [Read more...] about When Are You “Holy”?

Weekly Torah Lesson Parashat 1: Acharei Mot "After the Death" Torah: VaYikra 16:1 - 18:30 V’Yikra 16:3 Thus shall Aharon come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen turban shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. 5 … [Read more...] about Two Goats – One Atonement

Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha: Metzora – the afflicted one *** Leviticus 15:31 Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their ritual state of being tamei (uncleanness); that they die not in their ritual state of being tamei, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. 32 This is the law of him that has an issue, and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled therewith; 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that has an issue, of the man, and of the … [Read more...] about Uncleanness – Dealing With The Unknown

Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha:  Tazria she bears seed Torah:  vaYikra 12:1 – 13:59 ** During the fourteen hundred year period beginning with the Exodus of Israel from Egypt until the destruction of Yerushalem and the second Temple, there was a phenomenon among the people of Israel called “tzaraat. Tzaraat produced a skin condition that resembled a blister and evolved into a scab on various parts of the head and body.  The phenomenon was that these blisters appeared as a result of … [Read more...] about The Mouth and the Flesh

Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha:  Shemini – Eighth Torah:  vaYikra 9:1 – 11:47 ** This week’s lesson could be one of the most important concepts found in the Torah. I will attempt to show you some of the different ways that the Torah has been applied in the past in order to give you a better idea of how to apply it to your life today. The issue of these first verses is how the “Ark of the Covenant” is to be transported. Here is what the Torah states: *** ““You shall put the poles … [Read more...] about Applying the Torah – The Absolute vs The Relative

Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha: Tzav – Command Torah: VaYikra 6:8 – 8:36 *** “24 And Avinu spoke to Moses, saying, 25 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Avinu. It is most holy. 26 ‘The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting. 27 ‘Everyone who touches its flesh must be holy. And … [Read more...] about Participating in the Sacrifice