[This is from Pentateuch & Haftarahs.] TABLE OF PROHIBITED MARRIAGES In Force Among Jews To-Day   A man may not marry:— A woman may not marry:— (a) His mother, grandmother, and ascendants; the mother of his grandfather; his stepmother, the wife of his paternal grandfather, and of his ascendants; and the wife of his maternal grandfather. […]

D. THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGBOUR AS THYSELF Leviticus XIX, 18 The ‘Golden Rule’ in Judaism. The world at large is unaware of the fact that this comprehensive maxim of morality –the golden rule of human conduct—was first taught by Judaism.   No less a thinker than John Stuart Mill expressed his surprise that it […]

.[Commentary  from our MUST READ/MUST BUY Pentateuch and Haftorah, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz.  Translation is EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.—Admin1.]   REDEMPTION OF VOWS AND TITHES The Book of Leviticus concludes, as it opened, with a chapter of Sanctuary-regulations—voluntary contributions to the upkeep of the Sanctuary, such offerings being a true expression of devotion to […]

[Commentary  from Pentateuch & Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz; all other comments with no brackets is ours, indicated by S6K. Translation is EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.—Admin1.]   CONCLUDING ADMONITION The Book of Leviticus has its sacerdotal chapters, its ceremonial parts, its ethical section; and, in its concluding portion, it strikes the note of Prophetic […]

[The principle of ‘shabat” or “ceasing from doing what one normally does” has given its ‘name’ to the 7th day of the week, the Sabbath.   Now in this chapter, we learn that even inanimate objects such as land or the earth or the soil are to be given rest, or to cease from what […]

[Who is the “native-born” and who is the “sojourner”?   Since the Torah was given in the context of a Covenant between the people of Israel and YHWH, there should be no question that the “native-born” is the Israelite while the “sojourner” is the non-Israelite.  It was a mixed multitude of slaves who left Egypt […]