Please resist the temptation to moralize about the main narrative in our Torah portion, Shemini. Two young men meet a sudden, tragic and horrific death in our Torah portion. They are burnt alive in ...
In this Torah portion, God commands Aaron and his sons to make the burnt and sin offerings at the Tabernacle. When God accepts the offerings, the people shout with joy. But when two of Aaron’s sons ...
After months of meticulous work on the Mishkan (Tabermacle), inauguration day arrives in this week's parsha (Torah portion). However, amidst the jubilation, great tragedy strikes as fire descends from ...
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On the day Aaron assumed responsibility in the Tabernacle, two of his sons, Nadav and Avihu, “offered a strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.” Instantly, “there came forth ...
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This week we read about the very tragic death of Nadav and Avihu. When reading the pesukim (verses), the Torah seems to explain quite clearly that what they did wrong was bring a "foreign fire" - esh ...
When confronted by the unexpected and even tragic, one of our first responses is to ask “why?” Our weekly Torah portion, Shemini, provokes such a question. For seven days, Israel participated in the ...
Jerusalem Post / Judaism / Torah Portion Parashat Shemini: Food of truth Our portion lists four animals that lack one of the two signs of purity. The midrash associates these four animals with the ...
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