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A Brief Biblical History of Time
What do Shabbat and the holidays, taken in tandem, embody about the Jewish approach to…
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Love, Loss, Presidents, and Priests
What do the obligations of Israel’s priests teach us about the biblical moral vision?…
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Biblical Dress Codes and the Nobel Prize
How a Nobel Prize winner allows us to better appreciate one of the Torah’s most…
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Menachem Begin’s Yom Kippur
Thirty years after his family was murdered by the Nazis, Menachem Begin recalled what the…
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The Meaning of L’Chaim
The ritual laws of purity and impurity reflect the Jewish celebration of life.
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Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of Kashrut
The laws of kashrut are some of the most famous in Judaism—but also the most…
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Kohen vs. King: Two Models of Leadership
Leviticus allows us to understand the roles of priest and king in ancient Israel.
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The Founder of Thanksgiving and the Thanksgiving Offering
On America’s Thanksgiving and Leviticus’s thanksgiving offering.
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Babette’s Feast and the Concept of Korban
A classic film and the purposes of the Temple offerings.
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Tony Blair’s Bible Question
In which we discuss a British Prime Minister, a British Chief Rabbi, and a very…