I remember the first time I heard the saying “All of us were there at Sinai.” It was at the start of my deep dive into Judaism after years of searching for meaning and healing after challenging life events. There is some kind of ancestral or soulical tie to those words that confirmed a familiarity I had frequently felt within myself. I imagined myself at the foot of the mountain as millions of us stood, awaiting the Torah before the next leg of the journey began. For years, l

Reading Torah's difficult parts leaves me to wonder, sometimes, can God understand when I can’t do all He has asked? In this portion, I found my answer.

This Passover, I’m not having a Seder and I’m not kashering my entire kitchen. I can feel the gasps from some of my readers as I’m writing this. I know it's unexpected.

How do we contextualize so much death found in this portion? How do we read this portion and gather any kind of lesson applicable to the modern world?

Purpose, Law, and Communal Responsibility in Parashat Vayikra

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