In my Bar Mitzvah Torah portion of Korach, there is an unusual phrase to describe G-d-El Elohei Ruhot, G-d, Source of the Breath of all Flesh. What a powerful metaphor through which to see G-d! G-d is the source of breath, that reliable, cyclical in and out
Read more →Parshat Vayikra discusses the “Oleh v’Yored” offering – literally the “up-and-down” offering – so called because it had three levels, based on one’s financial ability: A wealthy person would bring a cow; a middle-class person brings a bird; and a poor person brings an offering of flour. In fact,
Read more →When lighting the menorah in the Tabernacle, Aaron the High Priest is commanded to “raise the flame” of each of the seven lights. Rashi, commenting on this enigmatic expression, explains it to mean that Aaron should hold the light by the menorah until the flame “stands by
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