Parshat Kedoshim

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The holiness code: love your neighbor, respect parents, keep Shabbat, honest dealings, and ethical commandments. Leviticus 19:1-20:27.

Aaron and Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:64

It wasn't just about hammering tent pegs and hanging curtains. There was a whole ritual, a consecration, full of wonder and divine intervention. One of the most fascinating aspects...

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Ephraim's Offering

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:98

Take the tribe of Ephraim, for example. Did you know they were granted a unique honor? The Torah tells us, and the sages elaborate, that God allowed the prince of Ephraim to make h...

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Moses: Aaron and the Fires of Gehenna

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:117

Today, let's talk about Aaron, the High Priest, brother of Moses. We find ourselves at a somber moment: Aaron has just lost his two sons. A devastating blow. But something remarkab...

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Eliasaph's Miracle

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:13

They’re often more than just labels; they’re little prophecies, echoes of divine favor, or even warnings. Take the story of the tribe of Gad, for instance. Their prince was named E...

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Giving of the Torah and Aron

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:52

Can you imagine receiving new laws every single day for eleven days straight? Exhausting. So, when God finally told them to move on from Sinai, they were, let's just say, enthusias...

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Divine Presence

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:93

It's not just about "milk and honey," folks. It was a full-blown reconnaissance mission with some fascinating, almost cloak-and-dagger instructions. : sending spies into a new terr...

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Moses's Miracle and Ahiman

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:96

The journey itself, surprisingly, wasn't fraught with peril from the locals. The text explains that God smoothed their path. As soon as the spies, sent by Moses to scout the land, ...

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The Golden Calf

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:113

Moses knew something profound. He understood that, more than anything else, God valued mercy. Remember the story of the Golden Calf? When the Israelites went completely astray, Mos...

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Giving of the Torah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:114

The Israelites certainly did. And their story, as told in the Legends of the Jews, offers a fascinating, and sometimes unsettling, glimpse into divine justice and, ultimately, rede...

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