This parashah is essentially one chapter, which gives the regulations regarding the 7th year Sabbath for the land, and the Jubilee year, which comes every 7 Sabbaths (the 50th year). Anyone who had sold their land, or themselves (as debtor-slave) was to be allowed to have their land or freedom
Did you see in the news lately that Bill Cosby’s (upcoming) trial has already started action to initiate new laws that will extend the Statute of Limitations for sexual abuse cases? First of all, let me state, unequivocally, that sexual abuse is wrong and that those who practice it should be
If you follow this blog, you know that I rarely, if ever, get involved in political stuff. But the White House has gone too far, this time. Within the past few weeks, the White House (i.e., President Obama) has issued a letter to public schools (you can “google” it) that
There is enough in here to fill a book. I could write a whole chapter of a book just on Leviticus 23, the designations of the Holy Days…oh wait! I already did- it’s Chapter 7 in my book. God tells Moses and Aaron the requirements for priesthood: about who they
It’s the dilemma that (I believe) all those who are Born Again suffer with: am I doing what I want to do to please God, or am I doing what I want to do because it pleases me? Shaul (Paul- that nice Jewish boy from Tarsus) had this problem, too. He
Is there anyone out there without some level of pain in their soul? I know the pain of missing my children, who have been torn from me by a hateful and unforgiving mother I divorced nearly a quarter of a century ago. I visited the children every weekend for the first couple
“Ye shall be holy; for I, the Lord thy God, am holy” Powerful words, and the first words of this week’s Torah reading (parashah.) It is not a command to be as holy as God is, but to be holy because God is our God and He is holy. To be
I know that sounds like a, “Duh! Really?” statement, but how many people do you know that seem to live in their past, always regretting things that can’t be changed? I often review my life, and there are many, many, MANY things I would like to have done differently, and
As lousy a situation as it is, the absence of tsouris (troubles) in our lives results in the absence of joy. Joy is what we feel when we are relieved of stress, there are no problems, no “issues” to overcome…complete relaxation, physical, mental and spiritual. But if we didn’t know
After the death, as in, after the death of Aaron’s two sons, who came before the Lord with unknown fire, drunk and ambitious. They learned the hard way you shouldn’t “Drink and Daven!” Chapter 16 deals with the preparation and ceremonies for Yom Kippur, specifically regarding the preparations and duties
