Our parashat hashavua (“reading of the week”) is one of the more misunderstood of the entire Torah. It seems to be entirely too consumed with concern regarding the appearance of discolorations on a person’s skin or hair. The first verse of our reading this year, the third of the Triennial Cycle, begins: When a man orContinue reading “Shabbat Tazria 5774: Watch For Rot”
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Shabbat Zakhor and Purim 5774: Laugh It Off
Here comes Purim, the better to liven up the book of Leviticus! Our parashah for this week is Tzav, “command”, in the imperative form of the word, no less. And yet Torah comes first; Purim begins at the close of Shabbat, tomorrow. This Shabbat is called Shabbat Zakhor; it always precedes Purim (this yearContinue reading “Shabbat Zakhor and Purim 5774: Laugh It Off”
Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone 