EMOR, Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Certain major sports events are reportedly watched live on TV every week by hundreds of millions of viewers across the world. A handful of performances by celebrity entertainers are said to have been watched by over a billion, while in 1997 the funeral of a British royal princess...

Acharey Mos & Kedoshim Leviticus Leviticus 16:1-18:30 & 19:1-20:27 The two consecutive Torah portions known respectively by their Hebrew names of ACHAREI MOS and KEDOSHIM are in some years read each on their own separate Shabbat, while in other years they may be read together on the same Shabbat,...

Tazria-Metzora Leviticus 12:1-13:59 & 14:1-15:33 Each of the two portions that are the subject of today’s commentary is considered a separate portion in its own right in the annual cycle of the fifty-three weekly portions of the Five Books of Moses. In some years each of these two is read...

Shemini, Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Our portion tells the chilling story of the disaster that struck on the very day of one of the great summits of human history: the inauguration of the proto-Temple Sanctuary in the wilderness by Moses and Aaron. “And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his...