Tag: leviticus

I am not familiar, and neither is my rabbi, with a Jewish view that says an older person is deserving of a lesser medical or other attention than a younger person based on their age difference alone.

we are reading the book of Vayikra or Leviticus, which contains lots and lots of laws about 'Korbanot' - or 'sacrifices'. Many people find this part of the Bible dry and uninteresting. What's the real message we need to understand to grow closer to G-d?

The New York Police Department determined that the fire was intentionally set and is investigating it as a hate crime.

As a matter of course, Vizhnitz devotes little or no time to learning about sexual orientation, other than those well known verses in Leviticus that frown on guys behaving like girls.

The ritual of kashrut may help us become more conscious of our responsibilities to live ethical lives.