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I Hear the Third Temple is Hiring – A Poem for Haftarah Emor by Rick Lupert
I Hear the Third Temple is Hiring – A Poem for Haftarah Emor by Rick Lupert
The cure for anger: Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23)
Life is not easy. In fact, at times it’s downright infuriating. Our natural tendency is to want to blame someone, and the easiest target is God. We may carry anger at HaShem for our entire lives. As a result, we miss out on decades of spiritual connectedness and comfort.
How to be a priest: Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23)
Leviticus is the biblical book rabbis do not want you to read. Saturated with sacrificial minutiae and unsettling descriptions of ritual impurity, its countless sheep and goat offerings seem a more effective salve for insomnia than any woe that pains the heart. After all, what do wave offerings or incense recipes have in common with more substantive things, like wireless Internet or the smell of freshly brewed java in the morning?
Blasphemers No More: Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23)
My sister just touched down in Israel. I can feel her elation way over here in California. Time stood still; there was silence. The land and the woman were one. She had returned home.