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Weekly Torah
Being holy by being in this world, connected to and cognizant of G-d’s presence in this world, ever ready to do good in this world, is the life of heightened consciousness that Torah exhorts us to live.
Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23)
Parashat Emor is read on Shabbat:
Iyar 3, 5774/May 3, 2014
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Thinking proper thoughts, intending proper intentions, effects every molecule of the environment in which we live, at least here in the land of Israel. With pure and proper intentions we can imbue our physical world with the Holy Shechinah of HaShem.
Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33)
Parashat Metzora is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 5, 5774/April 5, 2014
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If parashat Shmini comes to tell us that we are what we eat, then parashat Tazria tells us that our fate will follow what comes out of our mouth. Nega Tzarat, the spiritual affliction described in this week’s Torah reading affects people guilty of evil-speech, slander and conceit. Words intended to isolate and repudiate others cause the bearer of those words to find themselves isolated and ostracized
Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59)
Parashat Tazria is read on Shabbat:
2 Adar 27, 5774/March 29, 2014
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“You are what you eat.” This modern catchphrase finds its most perfect expression in the concluding verses of parashat Shmini: “For I am the Lord your G-d, and you shall sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am holy.” (Lev. 11:44) This is the only reason offered for the long list of living creatures that we can and can’t eat that precedes it. We can bring a taste of the Holy Temple to our own tables by regarding every morsel we place within our mouths as no less real than an offering upon the altar.
Shmini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47)
Parashat Shmini is read on Shabbat:
2 Adar 20, 5774/March 22, 2014
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Confusion reigns in our modern world, and every aspect of modern society seems to feed on this confusion, fanning the flames of man’s existential disconnect with his own true self. The Holy Temple, and more specifically, the offering of animals on the stone altar in the Holy Temple, is designed to banish man’s confusion by compelling him to focus on who he is and to Whom he is answerable. Are we just a link on the food chain, or is our G-d given soul that which determines who we can be?
Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36)
Parashat Tzav is read on Shabbat:
2 Adar 13, 5774/March 15, 2014
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From the moment of creation it has been leading up to this: The “face to face” reunion of man and G-d in the intimacy of the Tabernacle. But, jaded by lifetimes of exile and wandering, we are required to re-attain the purity and guileless innocence of untainted youth. If you are brave enough to shed off some layers of cynicism and skepticism and are ready to take on the you you were meant to be, the book of Leviticus is the perfect place to rediscover the original self you left behind long ago.
Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26)
Parashat Vayikra is read on Shabbat:
2 Adar 6, 5774/March 8, 2014
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Welcoming G-d into our neighborhood and making this world a better place – this is the simple yet profound reason Israel has been commanded to build for G-d a Sanctuary on this earth. Israel is a nation whose destiny is to live and act in G-d consciousness, thereby uplifting man and perfecting G-d’s creation.
Pekudei (Exodus 38:21-40:38)
Parashat Pekudei is read on Shabbat:
1 Adar 29, 5774/March 1, 2014
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