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2025-05-27T16:21:51-04:00

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Coming Closer to the Divine

Last updated on: May 27, 2025 at 4:21 pm By Hebrew College

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Parshat BaMidbar Numbers 1:1-4:20 Parshat BaMidbar ends with detailed instructions of how to properly pack up the Mishkan, our wandering-desert-sanctuary, and its objects. The Kohathites, one of the three Levite clans, are tasked with transporting the Mishkan’s holiest items. We read: זֹ֛את עֲבֹדַ֥ת בְּנֵי־קְהָ֖ת בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד קֹ֖דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃ וּבָ֨א אַהֲרֹ֤ן וּבָנָיו֙ בִּנְסֹ֣עַ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְהוֹרִ֕דוּ אֵ֖ת פָּרֹ֣כֶת הַמָּסָ֑ךְ וְכִ֨סּוּ־בָ֔הּ אֵ֖ת אֲרֹ֥ן הָעֵדֻֽת׃ וְנָתְנ֣וּ עָלָ֗יו כְּסוּי֙ ע֣וֹר תַּ֔חַשׁ וּפָרְשׂ֧וּ בֶֽגֶד־כְּלִ֛יל תְּכֵ֖לֶת מִלְמָ֑עְלָה וְשָׂמ֖וּ בַּדָּֽיו׃ This is the responsibility of the Kohathites in... Read more

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2025-05-12T16:26:20-04:00

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Wild Hair, Broken Hearts

Last updated on: May 12, 2025 at 4:26 pm By Hebrew College

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By Rabbi Avi Killip, Hebrew College Rabbinical School ’14 Parashat Emor Leviticus 21:1-24:23 The priest must be holy. Parshat Emor tells us how to achieve this, through a myriad of very specific (and sometimes unintuitive) rules and directions. One such rule can be found in Leviticus 21:10: “The priest who is exalted above his fellows, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the vestments, shall not bare his head or rend... Read more

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2025-05-05T14:52:46-04:00

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Counting From and Counting Toward

Last updated on: May 5, 2025 at 2:52 pm By Hebrew College

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By Rav Rachel Adelman ’21 Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim Leviticus 16:1-18:30; Leviticus 19:1-20:27 These days I live in a double calendar. I am counting the 49 days of the Omer, seven times seven weeks, from the Exodus from Egypt to the moment of Revelation, when we received the Torah at Sinai. As I write, it is the 17th Day—two weeks and three days of the Omer. In my other calendar, I am counting every day from the 7th of October. Today... Read more

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2025-04-30T12:03:55-04:00

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Ancient Healthcare, Contemporary Humility

Last updated on: April 30, 2025 at 12:03 pm By Hebrew College

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Parashat Tazria Leviticus 12:1-13:59 Chapter 13 of Leviticus lays out prescriptions for addressing tzara’at (often translated as “leprosy”) within the Israelite community. The priests are assigned responsibility for managing these outbreaks, suggesting an entirely different frame of understanding of human health. The scientific method of understanding biology and human physiology was several millennia away — concepts such as microorganisms, virality, and the immune system did not enter into their thinking. Instead, the chapter’s descriptions of diagnostic and treatment methods read... Read more

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2025-04-23T13:29:18-04:00

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Breaking Risk

Last updated on: April 23, 2025 at 1:29 pm By Hebrew College

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Parshat Shemini Lev. 9:1-11:47 Parshat Shemini concludes with God describing to Moshe many of the laws of kashrut (dietary laws), namely, lists of animals which are either permitted or forbidden to eat. Moshe also receives information about procedures for responding to cases in which the corpse of a deceased animal – that is, an animal which was not ritually slaughtered – comes into contact with people or objects, thereby transmitting ritual impurity. Note the difference in how different materials are... Read more

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2025-04-08T13:22:42-04:00

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Constrained Freedom

Last updated on: April 8, 2025 at 1:22 pm By Hebrew College

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By Julia Spiegel, fourth year rabbinical student Parashat Tzav Leviticus 6:1-8:36 The right to free speech, the right to a fair trial, the right to protest, and freedom of expression. I have been thinking about rights and freedom because of the crackdowns on civil liberties happening around us, filling my newsfeed. Not new but intensified, shifting shape. Watching the footage of Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk be picked up by ICE in Somerville a few weeks ago makes me wonder... Read more

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2025-04-02T11:07:54-04:00

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Aleph: A Love Letter

Last updated on: April 2, 2025 at 11:07 am By Hebrew College

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Parashat Vayikra Leviticus 1:1-5:26 “Vayikra”: “And God called” (Lev 1:1). This could have been a loud, dramatic word, announcing a series of divine decrees to open the book of Leviticus. But Parshat Vayikra begins with an unusual calligraphic detail: the final aleph of the first word, ויקרא (Vayikra), is smaller than all the other letters. This oddity of script catches the eye; it asks the reader to stop, linger, and draw closer to the text. The word “call out” contracts... Read more

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2025-03-26T09:14:11-04:00

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Blessing the Work of Our Hands

Last updated on: March 26, 2025 at 9:14 am By Hebrew College

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By Jayce Koester, Hebrew College rabbinical student Parashat Pekudei Exodus 38:21-40:38 My spouse and I are currently preparing for a big move in a few short months. This will be our fourth move in four years, and the question “What makes a home?” has been a constant companion amidst the waves of excitement, stress, and trepidation. Building a new home, even with people you already love and are in a deep relationship with, is no small task. Unsurprisingly, the questions... Read more

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2025-03-18T16:01:23-04:00

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How the Work Begins

Last updated on: March 18, 2025 at 4:01 pm By Hebrew College

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By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel Parashat Vayekhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) There is no doubt that this year, 2025, there is work to be doing. For anyone who has read the news recently, regardless of where one falls on the headlines of the day, it is clear being a Jew in the world today means recognizing that there is much work to be done to build the world that we want. Parshat Veyekhel is all about doing the work. Specifically, it’s about starting the... Read more

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2025-03-11T09:18:11-04:00

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The Enigma of Incense: Lessons from Parshat Ki Tisa

Last updated on: March 11, 2025 at 9:18 am By Hebrew College

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Stirring Ingredients By Alyssa Coffey, Hebrew College rabbinical student Parshat Ki Tisa Exodus 30:11-34:35 Towards the beginning of Parshat Ki Tisa, after the laws of the half-shekel offering, we hear detailed instructions for the making of the anointing oil for the mishkan and priests, as well as the incense – ketoret – to be burned twice daily. It is the recipe for the incense (Exodus 30:34-38) which grabs my attention. The description of the incense itself manages to be at... Read more

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