Rosner’s Torah Talk: Parashat Shemini with Rabbi Daniel Fellman

Our guest this week is Rabbi Daniel Fellman, leader of Temple Concord in Syracuse, NY. Rabbi Fellman formerly served as Assistant and Associate Rabbi at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick, NJ. He graduated from Colorado College with a degree in political science in 1996 and the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion with a master’s degree in Hebrew Letters in 2004 and was ordained in 2005. He was selected for Forty Under Forty in Syracuse in 2011. He currently serves on the Board of Interfaith Works and on the City/County Human Rights Commission. He also serves on the board of the Jewish Federation, the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Central New York, and the University Hill Corporation. He served as a White House intern in the Clinton administration and was a Japan-US Senate Scholar.

This week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Shmini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47) – tells us about God’s acceptance of Aaron’s offering, the deaths of Aaron’s sons Nadav and Aviu, and regulations concerning clean and unclean animals. Our discussion focuses on the themes of grief, silence, and holiness in the parasha.

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