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Tag: Leviticus

Dancing With the Aleph (Leviticus 1:1-5:26)

March 14, 2021 Marita Anderson Essays

There was a time when children began the study of Torah not in the beginning at Bereshit (Genesis), but by delving into the middle of the Torah at Vayikrah (Leviticus), the detailed instruction for Temple sacrifices as atonements for wrongdoing.  According to midrash, children’s innocence

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Diving Between the Human and the Holy

April 19, 2018 Marita Anderson Book Review, Essays

I have always had a difficult time understanding and relating to the Book of Leviticus. After all the family drama in Genesis and the arduous escape from slavery in Exodus, it’s hard to sustain attention for the laundry list of priestly rules concerning the nitty-gritty

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