Parashas Emor, Issue #844 – By Rabbi Pinchas Winston Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them: “God’s appointed [holy days] that you shall designate as holy occasions. These are My appointed [holy days] . . .” (Vayikra 23:2)   AS I WALKED home this evening, I passed by the window of a…

Parashas Acharei-Kedoshim, Issue #843 – By Pinchas Winston Speak to all the congregation of the Children of Israel, and say unto them: “You shall be holy; for I, God your God am holy.” (Vayikra 19:2) RASHI SAYS THAT the directive to be holy in this week’s parsha is a commandment to stay away from sexual…

  Parashas Tazria-Metzora, Issue #842 – By Pinchas Winston God told Moses, “Tell the Children of Israel that if a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, then she will be ritually unclean for seven days, as if she had her period.” (Vayikra 12:1-2) THE DAY BEFORE Yosef was supposed to stand before Pharaoh…

  Parashas Shemini, Issue #841 – By Pinchas Winston Aharon’s sons, Nadav and Avihu, each took his pan, put fire in them, and placed incense upon it, and they brought before God foreign fire, which He had not commanded them. (Vayikra 10:1)   A LEIV TOV. A good heart. That’s what we are after each…

IF A PIECE of treif meat becomes accidentally mixed together with two identical pieces of kosher meat, making it impossible to know which is which, the entire mixture is kosher. The rabbis tell us to not eat at least one of three, but the Torah permits it.