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Vayikra: Come on In

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Jewish etiquette – and law – teach that one should not enter one’s own home, how much more so the home of someone else, without knocking first (Pesachim 112a). One does not just barge in, even to one’s own home. “Knocking” first is one of the many…
Article

Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Vayikra)

Rabbi Jared Anstandig

Audio

Vayikra: For Heaven's Sake

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss when motives do and don't matter. 
Podcast

Vayikra: I Made A Mistake

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the tragedies of the human condition is the inability to admit our mistakes. Even when faced with compelling arguments to the contrary man has the amazing ability to explain away the facts. Thus the first step, and a hard one indeed in the…
Article

Schwartz-Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Vayikra)

Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz

Audio

Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Vayikra )

Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz

Audio

Vayikra: Time to Remember

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the fiercest debates amongst Biblical commentators of the medieval period was to what extent, if at all, parts of the Torah may be seen as allegorical. No less a personage than the Rambam claimed that stories such as the three angels visiting…
Article

Parshat Shavua 5781 with weekly guest speaker (Parashat Vayikra)

Rabbanit Leah Sarna

Audio

Vayikra: Time to Reflect

Rabbi Jay Kelman

When making reference to biblical verses, we tend to identify them by chapter and verse. This most convenient system is of non-Jewish origin and occasionally deviates from the division of texts as understood by our Sages. While one might be tempted…
Article

The Haftarot: How to Profit from the Prophets (Parashat Vayikra)

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

Audio