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The Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) is also known as the Festival of Receiving the Torah (Yoma 4b) as well as the Festival of First Fruits [1] (Ex. 34:22). But while the name Hag Matan...

Why does the Torah single out that the commandment of Shemitah was given at Mount Sinai? The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the...

Parshat Emor | Part Two Parshah Emor part two we discover how the appointed time or moedim is to be proclaimed Holy. Rav Nachman stated when one enters these appointed time with intention he...

In Emor part one we will examine priestly purity and the call of the whole nation to reassure all kohanim remain pure. (Leviticus 21). Emor (אֱמֹר — Hebrew for “speak,” the fifth word, and...

Discover the path of holiness for the Ger | Bnei Noach. Holiness (kedushah) in Judaism is a theological concept that has often borne a social agenda. In directing the Israelites in how to...

Traditional Judaism firmly believes that death is not the end of human existence. However, because Judaism is primarily focused on life here and now rather than on the afterlife, Judaism does not have much...

Join the Netiv community for lesson two of Kedoshim , Pesach and future redemption. Kedoshim is Hebrew for “holy ones,” the 14th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah this is the 30th weekly Torah...

In the verse which we quoted from this week’s reading, it says, “My rules alone shall you observe, and faithfully follow My laws,” which raises the question as to what are the rules and...

Rabbi Berekiah said in the name of Rabbi Isaac that in the Time to Come, God will make a banquet for God’s righteous servants, and whoever had not eaten meat from an animal that died...

Discover the detail of the offerings for Yom Kippur and there meanings.  Acharei is Hebrew for “after the death” or “after,” fifth and sixth words or the fifth word, and the first distinctive word or words,...