The portion of Tzav continues its discussion of the sacrificial service. Nachmanides explains that while the previous portion, Vayikra, focuses on the Jews who bring the sacrifice, as the Torah states ...

A more general understanding of the sacrificial service may flow when considering an important aspect of covenant, the contractual partnership between God and His people. The two major covenants in ...

Congregation Beth Israel: Shabbat Morning Chanting Minyan at 10 a.m. Saturday with morning prayers through chanting, niggun and Jewish meditative practice with a discussion of this week’s Torah ...

Where is God, and what does the Holy One want from us? These timeless questions animate so many of us spiritual seekers. Of course, there are better places to look for an answer than in this week’s ...

And [Moses] took the fat, the tail, all the fat which was on the innards, the diaphragm of the liver, the two kidneys together with their fat and the right thigh. ~ Leviticus 8:25 I’m a fan of the ...