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.

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Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 14:17

We're diving into Bamidbar Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Numbers. Specifically, we're looking at Chapter 14, which wrestles with a seemingly redundant v...

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Kingdom of Yitro and Israelite

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 27:5

The verse “Yitro…heard” (Exodus 18:1) sparks a fascinating connection to a seemingly unrelated verse from Job: “The stranger does not stay the night outside” (Job 31:32). What’s th...

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Vessels of the Temple and Tanhuma

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 3:4

Sometimes, it's in those details that we find the biggest lessons about ourselves. Take the very beginning of the book of Leviticus, Vayikra in Hebrew, which deals with offerings. ...

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David Before the King and Temple

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 7:2

What if I told you that the most precious offering you could bring to God isn't a sacrifice of an animal, or even a perfectly crafted prayer, but something far more intimate and pe...

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Aaron's Transgression and Elazar

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 10:9

to a fascinating passage from Vayikra Rabbah, a midrashic commentary on the Book of Leviticus, that explores this concept. The passage begins with the investiture of Aaron and his ...

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Aaron in Battle and Moses

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 13:1

Today, we’re diving into a passage from Vayikra Rabbah 13 that explores just that. It all starts with the verse, "The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them" (Leviticus 1...

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Manna from Heaven and Tabernacle

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 22:5

It wasn't all manna from heaven and miraculous wells, you know. There was a lot of… well, let's call it "divine growing pains." The Vayikra Rabbah, a fascinating collection of rabb...

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Saul and the Lawgiver

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 22:6

It teaches us that even the smallest injustice can have enormous consequences, echoing through the world and even impacting our relationship with the Divine. Our jumping-off point ...

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Abraham and Creation of Kippur

Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Rabbah 27:9

It's not just about the animals themselves; it's about the patriarchs, about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the profound legacy they left behind. Vayikra Rabbah, a collection of ra...

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