by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 27, 2022 | Covenant, Tazriah
Leviticus commands that each Jewish male become a part of the covenant with God by removing his foreskin: On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. Leviticus 12:3 The Israel Bible explains: Leviticus chapter 12 deals with the laws of purity...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 24, 2022 | Bible Study
Leviticus provides four categories of permitted and forbidden foods. Animals are defined by a rule; split hooves and chewing cud signify a kosher animal. Similarly, aquatic life that is permitted is signified by fins and scales. Bugs are forbidden except for locusts...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2022 | Shemini
The Torah prohibits eating insects, referring to them as “an abomination”: All winged swarming things that walk on fours shall be an abomination for you. Leviticus 11:20 Given that the Torah defines insects as an abomination, it comes as a surprise that there is an...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2022 | Bible Study
Leviticus introduces the classifications of clean and unclean meat. It contains laws regarding not only land animals, but anything edible that comes from the sea as well. The rules for sea creatures are really quite simple, requiring two elements for kosher sea...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2022 | Bible Study
After outlining which animals are permitted to be eaten, the Torah teaches that coming into contact with the carcasses of non-kosher animals is forbidden and renders a person impure (Leviticus 11). The Torah describes the process to remove the impurity which includes...
