Tzav

Leviticus 6:1-8:36

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Text Studies

Sometimes Not Only An Animal Was Sacrificed by Avi Weinstein

Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college campuses.

 

Service As Its Own Reward by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.

 

Lost And Found: From Obsolete Ritual To Personal Responsibility by Rabbi Robert S. Leib

Provided by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.

Commentaries

When Eating Meat was a Sacrifice by Richard H. Schwartz

Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.

 

From Guilt to Action by Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

Challenging Isolation by Steven Exler

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

The Eternal Light by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.

 

Private And Communal Judaism by Dvora Weisberg

Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center.

 

Revisiting the Fire Offerings of Israel  by Ismar Schorsch

Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies.

 

Ears, Thumbs, And Toes by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.

 

Kosher For Passover And All Year Round by Rabbi Shimon Felix

Provided by the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, a summer seminar in Israel that aims to create a multi-denominational cadre of young Jewish leaders.

 

The Obligation To Give Thanks by Rabbi Lawrence S. Zierler

Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations.

 

Tending Flames, Seeing Faces by Gilah Langner

Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.

 

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