Posts Tagged: Vayikra torah
Would Ritual Sacrifices Be Acceptable Today?
At this time of the year, the Torah readings are all to do with sacrifices. I shall confess that the thought of killing animals does...
Anyone Who Mistreats Other Human Beings Is Not a Pious or Religious Jew
Sacrifices, the subject of this week’s parsha, were central to the religious life of Biblical Israel. We see this not only by the sheer space...
Parshat Vayikra: How to Find Meaning in Your Life
The US Declaration of Independence speaks of the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Recently, following the pioneering work of Martin...
Atoning for Unwitting Sins
This week's parsha, Vayikra, is about sacrifices. And though the laws we learn in it have been inoperative for almost 2,000 years, the moral principles...
Why Sacrifices?
Does Judaism really need animal sacrifices? Would it not be better off without them? After all, the sacrificial cult seems to weaken Judaism. What should a highly...
