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Aharei Mot-K'doshim: Abide with Me

 

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik

Aharei Mot-K'doshim: Abide with Me

This week we are told that the Tent of Meeting "abides" in the midst of the Israelites—something that a tent ought not to be doing. (Click here for source sheet.) 

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Tazria-M'tzora: Gone to Seed

 

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik

Tazria-M'tzora: Gone to Seed

Our text begins by discussing a woman who does the verb tazria before giving birth—but does it mean that she conceives, delivers the baby, or . . . ? (Click here for source sheet.) 

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Sh'mini: One Offering Too Many?

 

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik

One Offering Too Many?

This week, Aaron gets his first chance to offer a sacrifice—but there are too many people making too many offerings. What's going on? (Click here for source sheet.) 

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Tzav: Fire and Focus

 

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik

Fire

This week, we focus on the unusual word mok'dah—unusual in its rarity, its form, its spelling, and most of all in the central role it plays in divine worship as prescribed in Leviticus. (Click here for source sheet.) 

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Vayikra: Beginning in the Middle

 

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik

Vayikra

Who reads what when? This week we're beginning to read the book of Leviticus.  But in the podcast we'll look at a rabbi who walked into a synagogue and found the reading beginning in a surprising place—and we'll see what light that sheds on the tradition of reading the Torah.  (Click here for source sheet.)

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