Evergreen

Etiquette lessons.

In the room where it happens.

Tolerance and assimilation led to the near-disappearance of a Chinese Jewish community over 1,000 years old.

Burn it all up.

Burning leftovers.

Priest standing at the gate.

Public humiliation.

Impurity of the deep.

With the possible exception of Rabbi Judah the Prince, it is hard to think of any single individual since Moses who had as significant an influence on Jewish thought and practice.

This Torah portion offers a vital ethical message for a people who have suffered centuries of oppression.