Tradition of israel

“And when a man sells a residential house in a walled city, its redemption may take place until the completion of the year of its sale. Its redemption shall be a full year” (Leviticus 25:29).

“And from the community of the Children of Israel, he shall take two he-goats as a sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering” (Vayikra/Leviticus 16:5).

It is Holocaust Remembrance Day which seems out of place, and wreaks havoc upon our emotional equilibrium.

Although Judaism has traditionally been a largely patriarchal religion, from the beginning women have played an important, even crucial, role.

‘And Aaron was silent [“vayidom Aharon”]’ (Lev. 10:3).

The Belzer Rebbe taught that a Jew in a foreign land will remain faithful until he begins to feel at home.

"They were telling of the departure from Egypt all night, until their disciples came and said to them: Our masters, the time for the recitation of the morning Shema has arrived" (Passover Haggada).

Even though Jerusalem now has an Ashkenazi chief rabbi and a Sephardi chief rabbi, tradition dies hard.

Specifically this year there is a group of theological mystics who see a fascinating linkage between astronomical signs and prophetic visions.