“Shabbat Shalom” – Parshat Emor 5781

Parshat Emor (Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel –  “And God spoke unto Moses saying: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel which they sacrifice unto me so that they profane not My holy name, I am God!“ (Lev …

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Parshat Emor: Process and Produce: Making Meaning from Grain

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Parshat Emor: Process and Produce: Making Meaning from Grain Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld (Midreshet Lindenbaum 1997-98) is the Chief Learning Officer at Sefaria, an online database and interface for Jewish texts. One of the most profound stories about pedagogy in the Talmud appears in Bava Metzia (85b),  in the form of an argument between Rabbi Chanina …

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