Chapter 25 of the Book of Leviticus and the first two verses of 26 make up this small parashah in its entirety, but it is one of the most...

From the phrase "I am to be sanctified in the midst of the Israelite people," which is found in this parashah (22:32), the sages of the...

This parashah begins with God's command to Moses to gather the whole congregation of Israel (Leviticus 19:1-2) so that they will listen...

This parashah describes the ritual that should be performed on the Day of Atonement, when sins and transgressions that have been...

According to rabbinic tradition, on the seventh day of Passover the Children of Israel crossed on a dry path through the Sea of Reeds....

In this parashah, the Torah continues to describe the methods of purification for skin lesions and also when corrosive blotches appear on...

This parashah, and the following one, defines the situations and physical manifestations that render a person ritually impure. It is...

This parashah describes the impure animal species that are forbidden to eat. It sets the basis for what is known by the word Kashrut, the...

This parashah continues with the description of the various sacrifices. Some of them were part of the atonement process for errors and...

With this parashah begins the reading and analysis of the third book of the Pentateuch, which the Talmud (Mishnah Megillah 3: 5) calls...

This parashah details all of the construction materials that Moses received for the building of the Tabernacle and its utensils,...

In this parashah, the role of the people of Israel in the construction of the Sanctuary is described. Although there was an overall...

One of the central purposes of the Torah, and indeed of the Jewish tradition at large, is to remove any form of idolatry from among the...

Having described the Tabernacle and its furnishings in the previous parashah, this one tells of the clothes of the priests and the...

This parashah describes the components and construction of the Tabernacle, the portable Temple that the Children of Israel had in their...

The end of this parashah describes the ritual by which God covenanted with the people of Israel at Mount Sinai. In the preceding passage,...

This parashah – Yitro (= “Jethro”) – has as central themes the story of the revelation of God to the people of Israel on Mount Sinai and...

The central theme of this parashah is the account of the challenges and labors that the Benei Israel faced once they left the land of...

The last three plagues that God sent on the Egyptians are described in this parashah (Locusts, Darkness and Death of the Firstborn). God...

God is referred to in the Bible by several different names. Elo-him is the one that first appears when the creation of the Cosmos is...