Leviticus

Parashat Emor: On Reading Leviticus 21 and the Problematics of Embodied Leadership

Posted on May 8, 2015May 8, 2015 by Lauren Tuchman

This piece first appeared here. Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21-24), read this week in synagogues outside of Israel, opens with a passage describing limitations placed on individuals whom a Kohen (priest)... Read More

(E)valuation – The Sacrifice of Erekh in Lev 27

Posted on May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 by Adam Zagoria-Moffet

In the sidra or section of the Tora that Jewish communities read this past week, Behuqotai, we find a curious description of an offering. Now, at the end of the book of Vayiqra (Leviticus) it shoul... Read More

Receiving Life and Dealing with Death: Impurity!

Posted on April 4, 2014April 4, 2014 by Nico Socolovsky

Yeshayahu Leibowitz explains that the reason to couple the Torah portions of Tazri’a and Metzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33) in the Jewish communal reading of the Torah is that they both deal with b... Read More

“Rules By Which They Could Not Live:” My Bat Mitzvah Drash

Posted on May 4, 2012May 4, 2012 by Rebecca Levi

How can I publicly commit to a faith whose sacred texts explicitly condemn an important part of my life? I address this in my Bat Mitzvah drash, on parshat K'doshim-Acharei Mot.... Read More

Holiness and Removing the Stumbling Block — Parashat Kedoshim

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Lauren Tuchman

Parashat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) is read this week as part of the annual Torah reading cycle in the synagogue. As is the case most years, it is read in conjunction with the parsha or Torah por... Read More