by RabbiOlivier | Apr 28, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Tazria-Met’zora Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33 We Are Energy Bodies This week’s Torah portion is, admittedly, a challenge to our modern sensibilities. This portion talks about tzara’at, a skin affliction most translators define as leprosy; although no one knows...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 24, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Sh’mini Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 Merging With The Light As our weekly reading resumes, following the end of Passover, we are met by one of the most mesmerizing stories in Torah: the fiery death of Aharon’s sons Nadav and Avihu. Most rabbis explain their...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 10, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Passover 5778 Mah Nish’tanah? What has changed? Although we closed the Book of Exodus a couple weeks back, with Passover around the corner, its stories linger still in our consciousness. This is the time of the year, personally, when I delight in re-opening the...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 3, 2017 | Torah Reflections
VaYikra Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 The Fire of Divine Love The last few Torah portions of the Book of Exodus were, as we have seen, focused on the building of the Tabernacle in the wilderness; a Sacred Space amidst the traveling Israelite tribes where God came to...
