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Leviticus 21:9 – The Daughter of a Priest

May 15, 2025

The Jewish priests, the descendants of Aaron, have a special sanctity that they are expected to live up to. Even the daughter of a priest after she is married should uphold that sanctity.

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Categories Vayikra - Leviticus Tags marriage, priest - kohen

Leviticus 17:11 – Blood on the Altar

May 8, 2025

God commanded the Jewish people to slaughter some animals as sacrifices. He also permits animals to be slaughtered for food. But the Jewish people are not permitted to eat the animal’s blood.

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Categories Vayikra - Leviticus Tags altar - mizbeach, Repentance - Teshuva, sacrifices - offerings

Leviticus 13:12-14 – Pure Tzara’at

May 1, 2025

Leviticus 13 and 14 discuss the laws of an affliction called tzara’at, often translated as leprosy. A person with tzara’at is unclean. But if the the affliction covers the entire body, then the person is clean. Why?

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Categories Vayikra - Leviticus Tags priest - kohen, Rabbi Sorotzkin, Repentance - Teshuva, tahara-clean, tumah-unclean

Leviticus 10:8-11 – To Distinguish

April 23, 2025

Leviticus 10 begins with the death of Aaron’s sons, Nadav and Abihu. Then God speaks to Aaron.

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Categories Vayikra - Leviticus Tags Aaron - Aharon, priest - kohen, tahara-clean, tumah-unclean

Exodus 38:21 – The Reckoning

March 27, 2025

The Jewish people are building the Tabernacle. Then the Torah interrupts the narrative of the building to do some accounting.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Holy Temple, Moses - Moshe, Rabbi Hirsch, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 31:1-3 and 35:30 – Bezalel

March 20, 2025

In Exodus chapters 25 – 30 God commands Moses about building the Tabernacle and its furnishings. In Exodus 31:2 God designates Bezalel as the man who will perform the work.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags altar - mizbeach, ark, tabernacle - mishkan

Esther 1:4 – 180 Days

March 12, 2025

Megillat Esther begins with King Ahasuerus hosting a massive banquet for 180 days. Or maybe it was only 7 days?

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Categories Ketuvim - Writings Tags Esther, king - melech, Megillat Esther, Purim, Vilna Gaon - GRA

Exodus 29:20 – Blood on the Ear

March 5, 2025

Why did God command Moses to take some blood from a ram and dab it on the ear, thumb, and big toe of Aaron and his sons?

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Aaron - Aharon, Adam and Eve, Moses - Moshe, priest - kohen, Rabbi Hirsch, Rabbi Sorotzkin

Exodus 25:18 – Cherubs on the Ark

February 27, 2025

Why were there two cherubs on the Ark cover? What are cherubs? What do they look like and what do they do?

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags angels - malachim, ark, Rabbi Hirsch, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 23:20 – The Angel

February 27, 2025February 20, 2025

God called Moses up to Mount Sinai. There He taught Moses the Torah. He also taught him what will happen after the people leave Mount Sinai.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags angels - malachim, Daat Mikra, Golden Calf, Joshua - Yehoshua, Moses - Moshe, Rabbi Hirsch, Rambam - Maimonides, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi
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