Please resist the temptation to moralize about the main narrative in our Torah portion, Shemini. Two young men meet a sudden, tragic and horrific death in our Torah portion. They are burnt alive in ...

In this Torah portion, God commands Aaron and his sons to make the burnt and sin offerings at the Tabernacle. When God accepts the offerings, the people shout with joy. But when two of Aaron’s sons ...

We all stand before God as equal human beings, not identical but equal, not uniform but required to act in unity. This week’s Torah portion, Shmini, is named after the eighth day of the dedication of ...

After months of meticulous work on the Mishkan (Tabermacle), inauguration day arrives in this week's parsha (Torah portion). However, amidst the jubilation, great tragedy strikes as fire descends from ...

Eight is a time for beginnings. Seven represents fullness, completeness. There are seven days to creation, seven days to a week. Then comes the eighth. In Leviticus, Aaron is ordained as the High ...

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I don't think that parents tell this one to their children anymore, but they used to when I was a boy. When children once inquired about where babies come from, they were told that the stork brought ...

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On the day Aaron assumed responsibility in the Tabernacle, two of his sons, Nadav and Avihu, “offered a strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.” Instantly, “there came forth ...