This week’s Torah Portion- Parashat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) – continues giving us the instructions concerning the tabernacle, focusing on the role of the priesthood. Our discussion examines the meaning of ritual and pomp then and now.
Our guest is Avi Hoffman. He is a first-year Rabbinical Student at Yeshiva University’s RIETS, as well as a graduate student in their Bernard Revel Graduate School of Judaic Studies, where he is studying Medieval Jewish History. Avi is a passionate amateur close-up magician and is working on a book for magicians on his own creations, concepts, and ideas. Avi also has been running the GivTorah blog, a weekly interview on social activism issues related to that week’s Parshah.
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