Parashat Emor Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23 By Torah Blogger, Jen Smith Parashat Emor offers detailed instructions about holiness including who may serve as priest, how to approach sacred time, and how to honor the festivals of Shabbat, Passover, and Sukkot. It’s a portion that sets boundaries and structures like who is in, who is out, […]
Achrei Mot – Kedoshim Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27 By Torah Blogger, Jen Smith This week’s double portion, Parashat Achrei Mot – Kedoshim, is not so much a Torah reading as it is a spiritual manifesto. In it, we traverse from the sacred spaces of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) to the intimate, messy spaces of human relationships. […]
Tazria-Metzora Leviticus 12:1–15:33 By Torah Blogger, Jen Smith Parshat Tazria-Metzora is often seen as one of the more challenging portions in the Torah. It deals with skin conditions, ritual purity, and the mysterious ailment known as tzara’at – often mistranslated as leprosy but better understood as a physical manifestation of a sort of spiritual imbalance. […]
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Parshat Shemini Leviticus 9:1–11:47 By Torah Blogger, Jen Smith Parashat Shemini is a Torah portion full of contrasts, joy and grief, purity and danger, and divine presence and human frailty. It begins with one of the most transcendent moments in the Torah: the consecration of the Mishkan, the portable sanctuary tabernacle. After months of preparation, […]
Parashat Vayikra Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 The Quiet Call to Bloom By Torah Blogger, Jen Smith “Vayikra el Moshe…” “And [God] called to Moses…” (Leviticus 1:1) This calling takes place not in a palace or a grand sanctuary, but from the Tent of Meeting – a simple, portable structure in the wilderness. And the Hebrew […]
Pekudei Exodus 38:21 – 40:38 By Jen Smith This week we read Parashat Pekudei, the final Torah portion in the book of Exodus. On the surface, it appears rather dry – full of detailed lists, materials, measurements, and inventories related to the construction of the Mishkan (tabernacle), the portable sanctuary built by the Israelites in […]
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Vayakhel Exodus 35:1 – 38:20 By Jen Smith Parshat Vayakhel opens with Moses gathering the entire community of Israel (Vayakhel means “he assembled”) to instruct them on building the Mishkan (tabernacle), the sacred dwelling place of God. Every Israelite was called upon to contribute in whatever way they could: those who were wealthy donated gold […]
