Words for Shabbat - A community blog for this week's parashah

The Book of Leviticus

Words for Shabbat

""Turn it over and turn it over, be absorbed in it" is what is said about the Torah: Study the Torah from all sides, because each time a different and new aspect and interpretation of the Torah can be revealed. This year we are renewing ourselves with a new section in the newsletter: "Words for Shabbat" - each week we will publish in the newsletter and on the Beit Tefilla website a Torah passage - a few words about the week's parashat from one of the community members and Beit Tefilla staff. And just as their faces are different, so are their opinions - we will wait to read the personal interpretation and learn what the encounter with the parashat brings up in them.

פרשת ויקרא

The Book of Leviticus

On the Distinction Between Compassionate Sacrifice and Immoral Sacrifice by Rani Yeger

פרשת צו

Parashat Tzav

Rivi Dror on the Tzav Affair: A Light That Does Not Consume: Starting Over in the Midst of a Burning Reality

שבת חוה"מ פסח

Passover Intermediate Days Shabbat

On the Connection Between Passover and Song of Songs – Rabbi Esteban Gottfried

פרשת שמיני

Parashat Shemini

Parashat Shemini: Between Responsibility and Guilt – Leadership in Times of Crisis. By Ronen Keller

פרשת תזריע מצורע

Parashat Tazria-Metzora

Dr. Esti Doron on the Parshat Tazria-Metzora: The path to closeness sometimes goes through distance, stopping, and a process of return.

פרשת אחרי מות- קדושים

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

"and the land will not vomit you out"
Yaakov Castel on the Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

פרשת אמור

Parshat Emor

Parashat Emor – Bringing holiness into the reality of our lives.

פרשת בהר- בחוקותי

Parashat Behar-Bechukotai

"And your brother shall live with you" – On mental health in the weekly Torah portion"
Rabbi Kobi Weiss on Parshat Behar-Bechukotai