articles on Emor
Radical Uncertainty
A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly Torah reading of "Emor".
What's in a Word?
A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly Torah reading of "Emor".
Is Being a "Torah Jew" Enough?
A short video about the Parasha.
Sanctifying the Name
The conviction that being a Jew involves the pursuit of justice and the practice of compassion is what led our ancestors to stay loyal to Judaism despite all the pressures to abandon it.
Lessons on Emor
Spirituality is Reality!
Rabbi Avraham Shapira Zt"l | 18 Iyar 5785
Parashat Hashavua: The Way to Prepare to Build the Beit Hamikdash
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5785
To Give One's Soul – and Live
Rabbi Yisrael Ariel | 9 Iyar 5784
Days of Re-establishment – How We Come Before Him in Praise – part I
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 4 Iyar 5784
Emor: The Impurity of Death and the Departure of Divinity
This week's Torah portion, Emor, is termed the portion of the Priests, and details some of the laws that apply only to them. It begins with the ban on priests coming in any kind of contact with death and a corpse – including even being in the same room. The Ramban explains that these and related laws are rooted in the fact that the priests "are the servants of our G-d, and are therefore instructed to behave with extra honor and greatness… Since they are worthy of this greatness and honor among the people, they are warned not to desecrate this virtue via the impurity of the dead."
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Friday 14 Iyar 5783
The priestly family of Aharon
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Iyar 5783
Holy Times
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 5783
