God began his response to Moses with these generous words: “And the LORD said to Moses, I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” (Exodus ...

Then God said to Moses: “Your days are approaching death. Call Joshua and stand, both of you, in the Tent of Appointment so that I can give him his charge.” So Moses and Joshua went and stood ...

Jewish tradition instructs that young children should begin their Jewish education by studying the book of Leviticus. Even a cursory reading of the blood and gore that make up the sacrificial ...

The bible is packed with drug-fuelled visions of miracles and according to a leading academic when Moses met God to receive the Ten Commandments, he was on a hallucinogen-induced high. The theory ...

Leviticus brings renewed hope, in the simple and welcome opening words: “God called (vayikra) to Moshe, and spoke to him from the Tent of meeting…” (Lev. 1:1).

The reading for this coming Shabbat says that Pinchas turned God’s anger away (Num. 26:11). Why was God angry? The obvious reason is that the people of Israel were caught up in a difficult ...

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 8:05 p.m. Torah: Numbers 13:1-15:41 Haftara: Joshua 2:1-24 Between the lines of the Bible, we glimpse the difficulties — even tragedy — of Moses, the ...