The Torah does not identify these practices. But Shlomo Yitzhaki, or Rashi, explains that the reference to Egypt and Canaan ...

Our portion lists four animals that lack one of the two signs of purity. The midrash associates these four animals with the ...

Each week, Ari Sliffman, a Jewish legal mediator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania discusses the week’s Parshah “through the ...

The Torah portions of “Tazria” and “Metzora” deal with the laws of skin afflictions (negaim) and the individual person afflicted by them, which, according to our tradition, come as a ...

This week we enjoy a double portion of Torah, Acharei Mot – Kedoshim. The second of these portions, Kedoshim, contains some ...

The Book of Leviticus (Sefer Vayikra), whose very name (“God called to Moses”) underscoring the Torah’s call to be in ...

The Torah's association of tzara'at with spiritual failings serves as a cautionary tale against evil words. We must remain ...

The poignant lesson this conveys is that the child does not “belong” to the parents but rather to his True Creator, HaKadosh ...

"While Judaism today is more decentralized and egalitarian than ever, it also raises new questions that our generation must ...

Metzora, challenged us to consider the effects of our words and actions. At first glance, the detailed discussions of ...