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.

Jethro's Miracle

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:139

Sometimes, it’s about setting aside your own prestige, your own sense of self-importance, to serve. To truly see the other person’s needs. We find a beautiful example of this in th...

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Rod and Serpent of Abihu

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:80

And Jewish tradition, with its rich tapestry of stories, doesn't shy away from tackling it head-on. Take the story of Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron, the High Priest. We encounter ...

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Righteousness of Nadab

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:81

The story of Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, plunges right into that question. It's a tale filled with both tragedy and a strange kind of… merit? We find this story in Leviticu...

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Death of Aaron and Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:82

The Torah tells us about such a moment in the life of Aaron, the High Priest, after the devastating death of his sons, Nadav and Avihu. Imagine the scene: Aaron’s sons, in their ze...

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Moses: Death of Aaron

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:85

Take, for instance, the story of Aaron, Moses, and Aaron’s surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, after the tragic deaths of Nadab and Abihu. Remember Nadab and Abihu? They were cons...

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Aaron: Giving of the Torah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 5:30

Moses, desperate, remembers a secret he learned during his time on Mount Sinai, when he ascended to receive the Torah. It's a pretty wild story, actually. Each angel he encountered...

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Jesse: David in the Days of Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:3

When we look at David, the "elect of God," as he's often called, it seems to be a fascinating combination of all three. David wasn't just some random shepherd boy plucked from obsc...

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Kingdom of King Uzziah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 9:15

The story of Amos, the prophet, gives us a glimpse. He was fearless, wasn't he? But that very fearlessness, sadly, led to his demise. Legend has it that King Uzziah, enraged by Amo...

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Ezra's Transgression

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 11:29

And the Jewish tradition has some pretty incredible answers. According to the Legends of the Jews, when the Jews returned to Jerusalem under Ezra's leadership to rebuild the Temple...

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