The message from the Kohen Gadol’s return home is to not set the impossible bar of becoming an angel but rather being the best humans we can be. I could understand its importance and feel the true ...

No fewer than seven portions are dedicated to the building of the Tabernacle and the sacrificial service offered there. One wonders why the text includes so much detail. This emphasis is especially ...

The Torah portion of Emor discusses the roles and rules regarding the Kohen, the newly formed priestly caste of Israel. It also highlights some of the guidelines relating to the High Priest, the Kohen ...

Chanukah is the only Yom Tov not mentioned in Tanach. That’s why the Talmud asks (Shabbos 21b), “What’s Chanukah?” In answer, it describes in detail, not the stupendous military victory of the few ...

And they made the show-plate, the holy crown, of pure gold, and they inscribed upon it an inscription like the engravings of a seal: “Holy to the Lord.” When the nation of Israel arrived at Sinai, God ...

Parshat Emor begins with special laws and restrictions directed to the kohanim and even more so to the Kohen Gadol. A kohen must refrain from any contact with - "Tuma'at Met" (touching a dead body or ...

This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, focuses on the Kohen and the ritual service he is commanded to perform at the mishkan, or Tabernacle, in the Sinai wilderness. Most dramatically, the portion is ...

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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

With so much attention being paid at the Academy Awards to the “red carpet” and fashion, this week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, turns the lens to the far more serious and spiritual couture of the ...