[This chapter and book begins with the word “And” which is strange unless it is intended to connect to the previous book, Exodus/Shemoth. The Covenant had been cut; Israel had been born as a “nation” with laws to govern its national life, by a new Master, a Ruler who at the same time happens to […]
[This chapter and book begins with the word “And” which is strange unless it is intended to connect to the previous book, Exodus/Shemoth. The Covenant had been cut; Israel had been born as a “nation” with laws to govern its national life, by a new Master, a Ruler who at the same time happens to […]
Read more[The third book in the Torah — familiar to most as “Leviticus” connects it to the Levitical priesthood which is mostly what the content is all about. Expectedly, it has a different title in the Hebrew Bible. There are two spellings that surface: Wayyiqrah and Vayikra; the first is explained as “And He (the Lord) called” while […]
Read moreSunday at sundown, September 30, 2012 is the beginning of the celebration of the last of the fall festivals called Sukkot, alternately called festival of booths, or feast of tabernacles. Notice the ‘Our’ in the title of this article on Sukkot. Of course, first and foremost, that “OUR” would refer to the chosen […]
Read more[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses] Leviticus/Wayyiqrah’ 11] 1 YHVH spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying to them: 2 Speak to the Children of Israel, saying to them: These are the living-creatures that you may eat, from all the domestic-animals that are upon the earth: 3 any one having a […]
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