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    Vayikra

    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
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    Holy Times

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 5783
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    The priestly family of Aharon

    Rabbi Berel Wein | Iyar 5783
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    What constitutes chilul hashem, & kiddush hashem?

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 5783
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    Holy-istic holiness

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 5783
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    Oso Ve’es Beno

    This week’s parsha, Emor, includes the following mitzvah: Oso Ve’es Beno: Slaughtering an Animal and its Offspring

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Iyar 5783
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    Of curses & self-control

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 5783
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    Who Are the Kohanim?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5783
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    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.

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 4 5782
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    The Chosen Tribe

    Not every kohen was necessarily fit for the task, nor did he live up to the responsibilities of the priesthood. However, as a group it is obvious the family of Aaron is deservedly held in high regard throughout Jewish society.

    Rabbi Berel Wein | Iyar 4 5782
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    All for One, One for All

    Why don’t we just make one bracha at the beginning of the count, on the first night, & then say a closing bracha on the last night? Why are there 49 separate brachot recited?!

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 2 5782
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    Shabbat and Holidays in a Jewish State

    Is it permitted to violate the laws of Shabbat in the process of sanctifying the new month? Why does the Torah repeat the introductory terms about the mo’adim and mention Shabbat in the middle?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 2 5782
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    Is Being a "Torah Jew" Enough?

    Looking into this week's Parshat Emor to discover the definition of Hilul HaShem [desecration of G-d's Name] in a national sense and what it means with regards to living in the Diaspora.

    Baruch Gordon | Iyar 20 5781
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    On Not Being Afraid of Greatness

    The two commands are respectively the prohibition against desecrating God’s name, Chillul Hashem, and the positive corollary, Kiddush Hashem, that we are commanded to sanctify God’s name. But in what sense can we sanctify or desecrate God’s name?

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 17 5781
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    The Torah Holidays

    The list of holidays is repeated numerous times in the Torah. Since there are no needless repetitions in the holy text of the Torah, commentators over the ages have offered many explanations as to why this calendar is repeated so many times.

    Rabbi Berel Wein | Iyar 15 5781
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    Parashat Hashavua

    “Zichron Teruah” – On Judgment and Mercy

    he term “zichron teruah” in describing Rosh Hashana among the holidays in our parasha, is a special term, which very likely refers to shofar blowing. But zichron, meaning remembrance, does not, at first glance, have a clear meaning.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 15 5781
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    Is Being a "Torah Jew" Enough?

    Israel National Torah

    This week's Torah reading of Emor discusses Kiddush Hashem and Chilul Hashem (sanctifying and desecrating G-D's name). The Navi Yechezkel explains how the entire nation is able to sanctify and desecrate G-d's name.

    Baruch Gordon | Iyar 14 5780
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    Covenant & Conversation

    Radical Uncertainty

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 11 5780
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    Covenant & Conversation

    Three Versions of Shabbat

    Emor 5779

    Emor 5779

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 4 5779
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    IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 4 5779
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