by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 21, 2022 | Shemini
Jews have historically been separated from the other nations by our myriad and complex dietary requirements. This includes both how the food is prepared and the limits on which animals we can eat. God begins to specify dietary restriction in Leviticus 11, beginning...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2022 | Bible Study
Exodus 23:19 contains the first of three times the Torah warns Israel, “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk” (also found in Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21). This prohibition is considered a chok (a torah commandment that is beyond reason and logic)....
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 1, 2016 | Antisemitism, Chosen Nation, Covenant, Free Will, God, Holiness, Purity, Shemini
This week’s portion contains one of the basic fundamentals of kosher eating – the list of animals that are permitted as well as a list of animals that are not. Chapter 11 begins: Speak to the people of Israel, saying, these are the living things that you may eat among...
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