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Weekly Torah Readings
“You shall be holy like I am holy.” (Leviticus 19:2) How can we become holy as G-d is holy? Certainly, we are expected to live within the guidelines set out by Torah. Yet, to a certain extent a person can conduct himself as “a scoundrel with the permission of the Torah,” that is, live within the laws of Torah, but, nevertheless, lead a self-centered hedonistic life, never drawing nearer to G-d. But to make ourselves holy, we need to live responsibly and with commitment to G-d, even within the permitted parameters of Torah.
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Acharei Mot – Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1-20-27)
Parashat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim is read on Shabbat:
Iyar 8, 5769/May 2, 2009
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Imagine receiving a report card from G-d, a rebuke from the Master of the Universe when He sees us straying from the path He has set for us. With the rebuke comes the reward: the manifest testimony of His love for us.
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Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33)
Parashat Tazria-Metzora is read on Shabbat:
Rosh Chodesh Iyar, 5769/April 25, 2009
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The tragedy of the righteous Nadav and Avihu, sons of Aharon, and the dietary laws of kashrut: the supreme importance of living the moment as G-d defines it, and not as we would like it to be.
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Shmini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47)
Parashat Shmini is read on Shabbat:
Nissan 24, 5769/April 18, 2009
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How do you feel about yesterday? Are you being held back by what was? At dawn, a single kohen – priest – is chosen to remove from the altar an amount of ashes and places them at the base of the altar, a procedure known as “trumat hadeshen” – the lifting up of the ashes and their removal to a pure place. Literally, “yesterday’s ashes.” Torah is teaching us, through the Temple service, how to deal with our yesterdays.
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Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36)
Parashat Tzav is read on Shabbat HaGadol:
Nissan 10, 5769/April 4, 2009
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The book of Leviticus: All about the korbanot (offerings): Getting closer to G-d. Bringing an offering is a unique opportunity to realign, recalibrate, renew and strengthen our unbreakable connection to G-d.
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Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26)
Parashat Leviticus is read on Shabbat:
Nissan 3, 5769/March 28, 2009
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Building the Mishkan – Tabernacle: righting the wrong of the golden calf. Don’t look for intermediaries to stand between you and G-d, but recognize that G-d’s presence is woven into the very fabric of creation. By extending G-d’s creation into the reality of the Mishkan, we create a place for G-d’s presence – no intermediary needed!
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Vayakhel-Pekudei (Exodus 35:1 – 40:38)
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei is read on Shabbat:
Adar 25, 5769/March 21, 2009
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This Shabbat we read parashat Ki Tisa, and also the special reading of Parah – the red heifer. The sin of the golden calf, which takes place in Ki Tisa, is the sin of man attempting to hold G-d in his hand, to be able to comprehend and rationally explain G-d, to be able to point to G-d’s infiniteness and say, “Ahh – there it is!” – as if that were humanly possible. Parah Adumah, considered to be the “antidote” to the golden calf, is testimony to the unknowable and ungraspable reality of G-d.
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Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35)
Parashat Ki Tisa is read on Shabbat:
Adar 18, 5769/March 14, 2009
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