This Shabbat, we’ll enter the Jewish month of Av. Like many Jewish months, Av invites us into specific spiritual and emotional experiences. And more than almost any other Jewish month, Av invites us to go on a journey through a wide array of emotional experiences — almost dizzying in their variety. The opening days of Continue Reading »
Parshat Emor contains, among other things, instructions specific to the priests. One of the lasting images in this portion is of several lamps that sat inside the Tabernacle, just outside the Holy of Holies where only the High Priests could go. Today, these lamps are symbolized by a single lamp above the ark in every Continue Reading »
