Aharei mot – Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27)
This weekly reading is titled “After the Death” and begins with a reference to the death of Nadav and Avihu, two sons
The Jewish holiday of Purim, as recounted in the Book of Esther, celebrates deliverance from genocide. But how should one celebrate it when death and starvation are killing thousands in
The Hebrew Bible teems with episodes of violence. Particularly relevant this year is the story of Jacob’s two sons, Levi and Simeon, massacring the entire male population of a
The holiday of Sukkot begins a few days after Yom Kippur. Having atoned for transgressions, errors, and mistakes, the Jew, according to tradition, should immediately begin building a sukkah—a
The apparently incongruous expression ‘Old-New’ is taken from the title of Theodor Herzl’s 1902 novel, inspired most likely by the name of the famous Altneuschul, Europe’s oldest functioning
