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This week:
Passover
Nissan: 'How Splendid This Tree is!'
The Strong Hand and Outstretched Arm
Destroy Chametz, Gain Freedom
The Special Laws of the
Korban Pesach
A Fatal Mistake
Who is Free?
Answering the Wise Child
"Because of This"
The Hillel Sandwich
Matzah of Love
Priceless Jewels on Tattered Clothes
Next Year in Jerusalem
Aiming for Greatness
The Birth of a Nation
The Second Seder in Jerusalem
Shir HaShirim
– "Song of Songs"
"Song of Songs"
There is no such thing as
ahavat chinam
, groundless love. Why groundless? He is a Jew, and I am obligated to respect him.
There is only
sinat chinam
– hate without reason.
But
ahavat chinam
? Never!
Vayikra — וַיִּקְרָא
Black Fire on White Fire
Animal Sacrifices in the Third Temple?
Sacrifices vs. Fasting
The Inner Light of Destruction
The Goal of Sacrifices
Maimonides and
Korbanot
Rebuilding the Temple
Tzav — צַו
Appreciating Boundaries
The
Olah
Offering and Prophesy
The Purifying Fire of the Burnt Offering
The Prohibition of
Cheilev
The Community's Prayer of Thanks
Shemini — שְׁמִינִי
Purification by Immersion in Water
The Error of Nadav and Avihu
Mourning for Nadav and Avihu
The Priestly Benediction
Rabbi Yehudah and the Calf
Tazria/Metzora — תַזְרִיעַ-מְצֹרָע
Purifying Time and Soul
A Return to Ritual Purity
Man versus Mosquito
Shiloh and the Birth-Offerings
The Power of Speech
Rabbi Abba Arrives in Babylonia
Acharei Mot — אַחֲרֵי מוֹת
The Ox and the Goat
The Goat for
Azazel
The Triple Measure of Incense
Kedoshim — קְדֹשִׁים
Holiness in Physical Pleasure
Sha'atnez
: A Glimpse into the Future
Peah
and Lessons in
Tzedakah
Love Your Neighbor
First Impressions
Admonish Your Neighbor
A Letter for the Neturei Karta
The Printer's Dilemma
Emor — אֱמֹר
Kohanim
and the Illusion of Death
Agents of Holiness
Eating Before Yom Kippur
The
Omer
Controversy
Behar — בְּהַר
Jubilee – National Reconciliation
Freeing Slaves
Shemitah
– Window into the Future
The
Hetter Mechira
for the Sabbatical Year
The Intrinsic Sanctity of
Eretz Yisrael
Bechukotai — בחֻקֹתַי
Prophetic Letters
Judicial Corruption
Why Exile?
Eternal Inheritance