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Acharei-Mot, Or Is It Kedoshim?

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For those who write divrei Torah, the next few months will be a bit challenging and will demonstrate our geographical frame of reference. That is because for the next three months, until parshiot Mattot and Massei are read in the…
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Acharei-Mot: A Word Apart

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Speak to the people of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the Lord your G-d: Do not follow the ways of Egypt where you once lived, nor of Canaan where I will be bringing you’” (Vayikra 18:1-2). With this verse, the Torah…
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Acharei-Mot, Kedoshim: Egyptian Business

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Why were we taken out of Egypt?  Concepts such as freedom, justice, equality, and the recognition of Divine Providence are the themes of the exodus, ideas that the Jewish people are mandated to live by and demonstrate to the world around us.…
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Scholars in Residence: Dr. Aaron Koller and Shira Hecht-Koller

Dr. Aaron Koller, Shira Hecht-Koller

Please join us Shabbat April 29 as we welcome Dr Aaron Koller and Shira-Hecht Koller At Or Chaim Minyan (159 Almore Ave.)  Shabbat morning parasha shiur 7:45 am On the Role of the שעיר לעזאזל: Rambam vs. Ramban, and the Modern…
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Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Michael Hattin

Rabbi Michael Hattin

Torah in Motion is delighted to welcome Rabbi Michael Hattin as Scholar in Residence at the Or Chaim Minyan for Shabbat, Parshiyot Acharei Mot/Kedoshim, May 6.    
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Acharei Mot: Celebrating Pesach on Yom Kippur

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It is quite rare to read parshat Acharei Mot on Shabbat Hagadol. In non-leap years, it is generally parshat Tzav that is read on Shabbat Hagadol. And when we do have a leap year, it is usually parshat Metzora that is read as we get set to usher in…
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