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The text kicks off with the verse from Leviticus 11:2: "Speak to the children of Israel saying: These are the living beings that you may eat from all the animals that are on the ea...
Vayikra Rabbah, the great midrash on the Book of Leviticus, is all about unlocking those secrets. It's about diving deep into the connections between verses that might seem, at fir...
That secret to a long, happy, and fulfilling existence. Well, maybe, just maybe, the answer has been staring us in the face all along. Vayikra Rabbah, a fascinating midrashic compi...
It's not just about skin disease. It's about something far deeper. Something that touches on the very fabric of our community and our souls. In Vayikra, Leviticus, we find the word...
Vayikra Rabbah, a fascinating collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Leviticus, explores this very idea, using the strange and unsettling phenomenon of leprosy in ho...
And wouldn't you know it, the ancient rabbis grappled with this too. In fact, they found some pretty profound answers hidden within the verses of the Torah. We begin with a seeming...
The passage opens with a quote from the Book of Job: “Does the eagle ascend at your directive?” (Job 39:27). Rabbi Yudan of Gaul uses this verse to ask a powerful question about Aa...
The book of Job speaks to that feeling. "Even at this my heart trembles veyitar from its place" (Job 37:1). What does veyitar even mean? Rabbi Aha and Rabbi Ze'eira, in Vayikra Rab...
Vayikra Rabbah, specifically chapter 20, dives right into this difficult territory. It starts with a quote from Proverbs (17:26): “To punish also the righteous is not good." It's a...
