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Shemini

Leviticus 9:1-11:47

Tzav

Leviticus 6:1-8:36

Ahare Mot

Leviticus 16:1-18:30

Parashat Bechukotai: Summary

God enumerates the rewards for keeping the commandments and the punishments for violating them; the laws of tithes are then listed.

Parashat Behar: Summary

God tells Moses to instruct the people in the laws of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, as well as how to relate to those in the community who become impoverished.

Parashat Kedoshim: Summary

God tells Moses to give the people a series of ethical and ritual laws instructing them in how to be holy.

Parashat Emor: Summary

God gives Moses a series of laws specific to the priests; God then instructs Moses to tell the people about the festivals in addition to laws of blasphemy and murder.

Haskalah in Russia and Galicia

The development and expansion of the Jewish Enlightenment.

Death and Mourning: Sources from the Babylonian Talmud

On attending to mourners, anticipating dying, accepting death, and appropriate burial rites.

The Personal is Communal

Events in the "calendar" of the lifecycle are private, yet connect us to the "unseen presences" of missing family members and our entire people throughout history.

A State is Born

The creation of an infrastructure for the state of Israel.

The New Pittsburgh Platform (1999)

Pittsburgh Platform Reform. Reform Judaism Renewal. Contemporary Jewish Renewal and Spirituality. Jewish World Today. Contemporary Judaism. Jewish History and Community.

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