by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 18, 2022 | Bible Study
Lag Ba’Omer is the 33rd day of the 49-day count between Passover, when a barley wave offering was presented in the Temple, and the holiday of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks), when an offering of two loaves of wheat bread was brought in the Temple. It is celebrated with...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 17, 2022 | Bible Study
If all debts were wiped out and all work was forbidden, the world would be a paradise with everyone free to focus on serving God. In fact, the Bible mandates that this becomes the reality once every fifty years. And after a lapse of 2,000 years, the Jubilee is making...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2022 | Bible Study
In addition to the weekly Shabbat which was observed in the desert, Leviticus instructs the Children of Israel to keep the Shemittah. Shemittah (literally, ‘release’) is usually translated as the sabbatical year, and is described as ‘Shabbat’ of the land in Leviticus...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2022 | Bible Study
Pesach Sheini (second Passover), which occurs on the 14th of Iyar, one month after the Passover offering is offered, embodies the concept of a “second chance” more than any other holiday. In the days of the Temple service, Pesach Sheini was an additional opportunity...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 12, 2022 | Emor, Temple
After designating the descendants of Aaron as the kohanim (priests) in perpetuity, the Torah then delineates specific physical blemishes that disqualified, either temporarily or permanently, individual kohanim. Just as animals brought to the altar had to be free of...
