Emor

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Emor: A Holiday Treat

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am your G-d” (Vayikra 23: 22). This verse appears…
Article

Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Emor)

Rabbi Josh Gutenberg

Audio

Emor: Time for a Cheeseburger?

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss why it might be better if some people did not keep kosher!!!
Podcast

Emor: The Setting Sun

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The major theme of sefer Vayikra is, arguably, that of tumah and taharah, purity and impurity. When one reads the Torah, one senses what seems almost an obsession with this topic. If one happens to violate the special sanctity of the Temple, or of…
Article

Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Emor)

Rabbi Shaul Robinson

Audio

Emor: We Are All Kohanim

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Sefer Vayikra deals with the role of the Temple and that of the Kohanim in Jewish life. So it seems quite strange that the laws of the five Biblical festivals are mentioned in parshat Emor, immediately after the description of a series of…
Article

Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Emor)

Audio

Emor: The Animal Kingdom

Rabbi Jay Kelman

  When one thinks of the most important parts of the Torah one is likely to think of the aseret hadibrot, the shema or perhaps the mitzva to love your neighbour as yourself. These sections of the Torah are most noticeable and…
Article

Parshat Shavua 5781 with weekly guest speaker (Emor)

Dr. Rebecca Winter Gottlieb

Audio

The Haftarot: How to Profit from the Prophets (Parshat Emor)

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

Audio