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Pesach Sheini (Second Passover): the Holiday of Second Chances

Pesach Sheini (Second Passover): the Holiday of Second Chances

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...
The Prohibition Against Slaughtering a Mother and Her Offspring on the Same Day

The Prohibition Against Slaughtering a Mother and Her Offspring on the Same Day

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 9, 2022 | Emor, Kindness and Compassion

The Torah contains many commandments pertaining to eating animals; which animals are permitted and how to slaughter them. In the context of verses pertaining to Temple offerings, the Torah adds the prohibition against slaughtering an animal and its offspring on the...
The Shewbread: A Reminder That God Provides Our Physical Sustenance

The Shewbread: A Reminder That God Provides Our Physical Sustenance

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2022 | Emor, God, Leadership, Miracles, Temple

By the time we read the Torah portion of Emor (Leviticus 21-24), the Tabernacle has been built along with all of its necessary utensils. The Kohanim (priests) stand at the ready in the Biblically mandated clothes. But some necessary elements are still missing. God,...
Can We Bring Sacrifices Without a Temple?

Can We Bring Sacrifices Without a Temple?

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 28, 2022 | Acharei Mot, Temple

The Torah goes to great lengths to mandate that all Jews must only bring sacrifices to the same place; the Tabernacle (wherever it stands), and, later, the Temple in Jerusalem.  Speak to Aharon and his sons and to all B’nei Yisrael and say to them: This is what...
The Yom Kippur Temple Service

The Yom Kippur Temple Service

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 25, 2022 | Acharei Mot, Holiness, Humility, Purity, Repentance, Shabbat, Temple, Yom Kippur

The Torah portion of Acharei Mot (Leviticus 16-18) describes the Temple service on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The Bible mandates 15 specific sacrifices and many other rituals for Yom Kippur, or Yom HaKippurim, outlined in Leviticus chapter 16. The literal...
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