24. VAYIKRA

Rabbi Arthur Waskow, 3/15/2005

We enter Leviticus, the book that describes how food becomes the crucial connection between the Israelites and God.

We often hear the words "sacrifical cult" used to describe the process of offerings to God in a Shrin

Rabbi Arthur Waskow *, 3/15/2005

When the Rabbis chose what haftarah — what Prophetic passage — to assign for synagogue reading on the Shabbat when the community begins its reading of Leviticus, the book of priestly offerings, they chose