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There is significant tension between the end of Parashat Pekudei and the beginning of Parashat Vayikra. Parashat Pekudei (and the Book of Shemot) ends with Moshe not able to enter the Ohel Moed: ...

This week we begin reading VaYikra (Leviticus), the third book of the Pentateuch, much of which is devoted to the various sacrificial offerings, their laws and details. Five different categories of ...

Rabbi/Cantor Diane Offenberg-Rose is a Jewish Universalist Rabbi serving the Los Angeles region. She was a music teacher and conductor before becoming a Cantor and then a Rabbi, with a Bachelor’s in ...

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“The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying: ‘Speak to the Israelite people, and say to them: “When any of you presents an offering of cattle to the Lord, he shall ...

Why is the letter aleph in the word va’yikra, the very first word of the Book of Leviticus, written smaller than the others? It is smaller, suggests the Ba’al Haturim, because it reveals Moses’s ...

In non-leap years (as this year 5783 is), Parashat Vayikra is invariably the first Shabbat in Nissan. This is appropriate: the Book of Leviticus spans one month, the month of Nissan, in the second ...

As we come to the Torah’s middle section, we find ourselves with a book that often gets overlooked. Shorter than the other four books and interrupted by Purim and Pesach, it often just feels like a ...

Will sacrifices be restored in messianic times? Rambam in his Mishneh Torah argues that it will be reinstated. In his words: King Messiah will arise in the future and restore the kingship of the House ...