Posts Tagged: Kedoshim
‘Thou Shalt Not Be Judgmental’
JNS.org - Some years ago, I heard Rabbi Manis Friedman tell a story about a man who overheard his friend telling his wife on the phone,...
To Be Holy Is to Live Morally and Treat Others With Respect
Chapter 19 of Leviticus, known as Kedoshim, includes a range of laws that concern ethical standards that were relevant back then and today. It starts with...
The Goal of Morality in the Torah Is to Treat Others Better
For many of us, reading the third Book of the Torah -- Leviticus -- is not a particularly inspiring or easy exercise. It deals with...
Respecting Shabbat Is at the Core of Judaism
One of my most prominent early childhood memories involves the late Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin. It was the late afternoon of December 1st,...
Parshat Kedoshim: Every Jews Can Be Holy, Not Just the Priests
Something fundamental happens at the beginning of this week's parsha, and the story is one of the greatest, if rarely acknowledged, contributions of Judaism to...
Kedoshim: How to Agree to Disagree
The most significant political revolution of the modern era is the idea that dissent is not rebellion. The prevailing view for thousands of years was...
Judaism’s Three Voices
The nineteenth chapter of Vayikra (Leviticus), which starts this week's parsha, is one of the supreme statements of the ethics of the Torah. It’s about...
