Parashat Kedoshim: Holiness Code
Kedoshim (“Holy”) opens by instructing the Israelites to be holy. It details dozens of laws regulating all aspects of life, including observing Shabbat, loving one’s neighbor, and leaving portions of a field for the poor. It ends by detailing punishments for certain types of idolatry and sexual misconduct.
My Autistic Angel of Ascension
A Father’s Tribute to His Bar-Mitzvah by Samuel Bendayan “Kedoshim tihyu ki kadosh Ani” “You shall be Holy, for I the L-rd your G-d am Holy.” The word “holy” is probably one of the most misused and abused words in all of human history. I mean, we have “Holy Wars.” Enough said. So I think […]
Tetzaveh 5: It is the dress what makes the High Priest
What makes the High Priest what he is, is not the sacrifice of “perfection” or consecration. It’s the garments.
The Torah’s Disability Act
אִ֣ישׁ… אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִהְיֶ֥ה בוֹ֙ מ֔וּם, לֹ֣א יִקְרַ֔ב לְהַקְרִ֖יב לֶ֥חֶם אֱלֹהָֽיו – This statement of the Torah, that a man who is not physically wholesome is not allowed to serve at the temple and offer sacrifices, has always been for me a pet peeve, and the attempts of the commentators to explain it did not help […]
