Parshat Vayikra

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The laws of burnt offerings, meal offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings brought in the Tabernacle. Leviticus 1:1-5:26.

Rise of Joseph and Isaiah

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 6:6

The ancient rabbis grappled with these questions, poring over scripture to understand the nature of prophecy itself. to their fascinating discussion, found in Vayikra Rabbah 6, a m...

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Judges: Samson in the Days of Moses

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 8:2

Sometimes, a single verse can unlock a whole new world of understanding, linking tales and teachings in unexpected ways. to one of those connections, found in Vayikra Rabbah (Levit...

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Saul and David of Rabbis

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 9:2

to a fascinating exploration from Vayikra Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Leviticus. The verse in question is from Psalm 50:23: "One who slaughters ...

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Return Before You Die

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 9:4

It's even found within the ancient wisdom of Vayikra Rabbah, a Midrashic compilation focusing on the book of Leviticus! Rabbi Pinḥas, a sage whose words still echo through the ages...

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Creation of the World and Akiva

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 14:4

The ancient rabbis certainly did. And they found profound metaphors in the everyday to explain the divine orchestration of it all. We find a fascinating exploration of this in Vayi...

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Miriam and the Origins of the World

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 16:1

We often think of disease as random, a matter of bad luck. But what if certain behaviors, certain flaws in our character, actually pave the way for illness and hardship? That’s wha...

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Rabbi Shimon Studies Torah

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 16:3

Believe it or not, that feeling has ancient roots in how we've historically treated those deemed "unclean." to a fascinating, and frankly, unsettling passage from Vayikra Rabbah, a...

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Torments Below

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 16:9

It's all about the purification process for someone healed of tzara'at, often translated as leprosy, though it likely encompassed a range of skin diseases. The verse in question co...

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Noah and the Origins of the World

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 17:5

After all, it's not exactly a flattering name given Canaan's, shall we say, complicated backstory. Vayikra Rabbah, a fascinating collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Lev...

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