Leviticus gets a bad rap ... hence the name of the book in English). Priests (Cohanim) and Levites have had no substantial function in Judaism since the destruction of the Second Temple in ...

Someone who sins is meant to bring something of himself – his heart and emotions – and to experience a sense of closeness to ...

In case of abuse, Report this post. This week’s Torah reading, Parshat Tsav, continues the misunderstood and unloved Book of Leviticus. The late Jacob Milgrom, however, a towering biblical ...

Readers will enjoy his third book, “Shadal on Leviticus.” The following is a brief synopsis of some of his writings. Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865), known as Shadal based on the initials of ...

Most readers think Leviticus is about dull things: priests and their sacrificial offerings, blood taboos and bodily fluids, the holiness code. In her new book, Avivah Zornberg shows that there is more ...

This week, the annual Jewish Torah reading cycle brings us to the book of Vayikra, or Leviticus. Many see this as the “plotless” part of the Torah, detailing sacrifices and many other laws ...

Last week, we begin reading the book of Leviticus, which opens with the word “Vayikra," or "And He called.” Commentators note ...

How should we respect all living things? How can we respect other humans when we are anxious about them, even consider some ...