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Send us a textThe wealthy billionaire who has everything but lacks a home and wife serves as a powerful metaphor for our spiritual lives in this exploration of the Torah concept "Shchutei Chutz." Drawing from the double Torah portion Acharei Mot-Kedoshim, we unpack a seemingly technical prohibition against offering sacrifices outside the Temple to reveal its profound relevance for modern Jewish life.At its heart, this teaching addresses a spiritual crisis affecting many observant Jews today—the tendency toward religious wandering rather than rootedness. Like the billionaire who can fly anywhere on his private jet but has no fixed address, many of us practice a Judaism of convenience: catching prayer services wherever fits our schedule, consulting different rabbis case-by-case, and moving between communities without deep investment.The wisdom of Shchutei Chutz challenges this approach. Just as God established one central location for Temple service, we benefit from establishing spiritual home bases in our own lives. The Rambam, Midrash Tanchuma, and contemporary teachers like Rabbi Lopiansky all emphasize how crucial this rootedness is for authentic spiritual growth. Rabbi Schneir Kotler's prescient warning from the 1960s about "breakaway minyanim" and self-guided Judaism speaks directly to our current moment.Whether you're deeply observant or reconnecting with tradition, the message resonates: true spiritual depth comes through commitment to place, people, and practice. Ask yourself: Have you found your spiritual home? Do you have a rabbi who knows your situation? Would people notice if you missed services? These markers of connection may be the difference between a religious life that's intellectually stimulating but rootless, versus one that's transformative and grounded.Support the showJoin The Motivation Congregation WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content!Elevate your impact by becoming a TMC Emerald Donor! Your much-needed backing is crucial for our mission of disseminating the wisdom of the Torah. Join today for just $18.00 per month. (Use your maaser money!) https://buy.stripe.com/00g8xl5IT8dFcKc5ky------------------Check out our other Torah Podcasts and content! SUBSCRIBE to The Motivation Congregation Podcast for daily motivational Mussar! Listen on Spotify or 24six! Find all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes on our website, themotivationcongregation.org Questions or Comments? Please email me @ michaelbrooke97@gmail.com
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For weeks we have been wading through the many ritual laws of the book of Leviticus, known in Hebrew as Vayikra. In short, Vayikra consists of rules about a specific holy place (Mishkan), with very specific kinds of sacrifices (korbanot), that can only be performed by a specific group of people, the priests (Cohanim), who are the mediators between God and the Israelites.And then this week's double portion, Acharei Mot-Kedoshim, arrives on the scene and everything changes. We get what is affectionately referred to as the “Holiness Code.”Each week, a member of the clergy offers their personal perspective on a topic of their choice, such as the week's Torah portion, a Jewish holiday, ritual, custom, or history. Facebook: Wilshire Boulevard TempleWebsite: wbtla.orgYoutube: Wilshire Boulevard TempleInstagram: wilshireboulevardtemple
Leviticus 16:1-20:27
Welcome to the Covenant & Conversation series, Rabbi Sacks' commentary pieces on the weekly Torah portion, exploring ideas and sharing inspiration from the Torah readings of the week. This audio from Rabbi Sacks was recorded in 2018. To read and download the written essay and translations, click here: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/acharei-mot/love-not-enough/ For intergenerational discussion on the weekly Parsha and Haftara, a new FAMILY EDITION is now also available: https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation-family-edition/acharei-mot/love-is-not-enough/ ----- For more articles, videos, and other material from Rabbi Sacks, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org and follow @RabbiSacks. The Rabbi Sacks Legacy continues to share weekly inspiration from Rabbi Sacks. With thanks to the Schimmel Family for their generous sponsorship of Covenant & Conversation, dedicated in loving memory of Harry (Chaim) Schimmel.
How do we balance the grace freely offered to us from Yeshua with the holiness of a God who killed people for not approaching Him in the correct manner? Aaron and Brayden tackle this tricky topic in today's podcast. We also have 4 exciting updates 1. We have launched a new channel dedicated to our music. It will host our musical albums as well as scripture memory verses and sometimes just our fun songs that we like to sing while we are out and about. You can see our new channel here https://www.youtube.com/@LoveandPurityMusic 2. Harp + Farm. Harp + Farm 2025 is officially underway. We have a wonderful group of interns this year. Follow us on Facebook to get all the updates from that. 3. Proclaim Music Festival. We will be playing at the proclaim music festival this year in Hornick Iowa on June 19-22. We hope you can join us! https://proclaimmusicfestival.com/ 4. The Fight For The Heart Tour will be traveling from Missouri to Tennessee and into North and South Carolina in July and August. If you are on the way and would like Aaron and his family to come and speak to your church/fellowship/small group/youth group email Aaron at aaron@loveandpurity.com This weeks portion is: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim TORAH LEVITICUS 16:1-20:27 PROPHETS AMOS 9:7-15 GOSPEL MATTHEW 15:10-20 Want to learn more about our ministry? Visit www.LoveAndPurity.com Intro and outro song: Faith for Salvation (1 Peter 1:3-5) by Brayden & Tali Waller All music rights belong to Love & Purity Ministry
Acharei Mot - Kedoshim | Maaseh Eretz Cenaan, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Why is the list of forbidden intimate relations introduced with the broad statement prohibiting us from engaging in the ways of the Egyptians and the Canaanites? Source sheet >>
Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 25 | Acharei Mot - Kedoshim, by Rav Eli Weber Everyone knows that the Ramban (like all Jews), loves Eretz Yisrael. But why so much. At the end of Acharei Mot the Ramban explains his philosophy. How is sin different in Eretz Israel than outside of it?
Ramban describes a fundamental Torah truth, as supported by the Ramchal, about fulfilling the will of Hashem to connect with Him.
Parashah Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 5785
Why does the Torah mention a reward for observing two specific prohibitions?
What is the connection between Acharei Mot and Kedoshim? What is the meaning of the phrase "....to be Holy"? What is the Torah commanding when it says "You shall love your neighbor as yourself"? All this and more in this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
Source Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13rj73rQS7I5YzYwckDyND2Qeo8sO4Ppo/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104720012433624398617&rtpof=true&sd=true
This episode brings together the Matan Podcast with the hosts of Intimate Judaism, R. Scott Kahn and Talli Rosenbaum, to discuss the tensions between Jewish sexual ethics and modern sexual trends. What is a Jewish sexual ethic and how much is it related to what appears in the verses of the Torah? What are some of the biggest challenges facing the Orthodox world in the realm of sexuality and what central values would we like to preserve? These are some of the heavy questions we try to tackle with candor in this conversation. Our Vayikra series focuses on the lived experience of Torah observance and explores some of the harder issues within observant communities in accordance with the mitzvot taught in each weekly parsha. This week's episode has been sponsored by Jori Epstein in honor of Ilana Wernick's and Amanda Herman's marriages. Talli Rosenbaum has decades of experience in the field of sexual health, and is a certified sex therapist and an individual and couple therapist. She is an internationally regarded expert in this field and has published and lectured extensively. She is the co-author of I am for My Beloved: A Guide to Enhanced Intimacy for Married Couples Rabbi Scott Kahn, formerly the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah, hosts multiple podcasts including the Orthodox Conundrum as well as Intimate Judaism with Talli and has a passion for addressing issues facing the Orthodox world. You can read Scott's writing on his substack, Orthodox Conundrum Commentary.
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Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: The Commandment to Love - Spanish and English. Love is a feeling that comes and goes. I don't have any choice over it, right? Can God command me to love my neighbor as myself? April 29, 2023. Parshat Ajarei Mot-Kedoshim: El Mandamiento de Amar - Español e Inglés. El amor es un sentimiento que va y viene. No tengo elección sobre él, ¿verdad? ¿Puede Dios ordenarme amar a mi prójimo como a mí mismo? 29 de abril de 2023.
Parashat Acharei Mot Kedoshim 2023Yom Kippur ServiceVerbal ConfessionLove Others as You Love YourselfTechniques of Eliminating Bad HabitsThanks for listening! Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel for more content:https://www.youtube.com/@adamstorah
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Study Guide Sotah 30 Today’s daf is sponsored by Raquel Lifshutz Pilzer and Jen Lifshutz Lankin in loving memory of their brother, Avigdor Chai Abraham, Z"L, on his second yartzeit. "Your incredible strength, bravery and laugh will always be with us. You are always in our hearts and on our minds. We miss you dearly and hope to continue to learn in your merit, and make you proud."
Mark Huey of Outreach Israel Ministries delivers the following message on the Torah portion for this week: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim or “After the death-Holy Ones”
Mark Huey of Outreach Israel Ministries delivers the following Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Romans 3:19-28; 9:30-10:13; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 with 2 Corinthians 2:1-22; Galatians 3:10-14; Hebrews 7:23-10:25; Matthew 5:33-37; 5:43-48; 15:1-11; 19:16-30; 22:33-40; Mark 7:1-23; 12:28-34; Luke 10:25-39; Romans 13:8-10; Galatians 5:13-26; James 2:1-9; 1 Peter 1:13-21
The weekly D'var Torah on the Parsha, this week dealing with what is considered really living in this world
Study Guide Sotah 30 Today’s daf is sponsored by Raquel Lifshutz Pilzer and Jen Lifshutz Lankin in loving memory of their brother, Avigdor Chai Abraham, Z"L, on his second yartzeit. "Your incredible strength, bravery and laugh will always be with us. You are always in our hearts and on our minds. We miss you dearly and hope to continue to learn in your merit, and make you proud."
Featuring:Rabbi Reuvein BrandYU Kollel Mitzion - Rosh Kollel Skokie, ILRabbi Reuvein Brand shares some really powerful thoughts on this weeks Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim.Thank you Rabbi Brand for taking the time to carry us through the week! Shabbat Shalom!
Featuring:Rabbi Reuvein BrandYU Kollel Mitzion - Rosh Kollel Skokie, ILClick below for today's text of Shnayim Mikra:Acharei Mot-Kedoshim - Sh'vi'iShnayimYomi.org
Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Finding the Good in Everything
What is the connection between these two parshiot that are often read together? What is the meaning of the phrase "....to be Holy"? What is the Torah commanding when it says "You shall love your neighbor as yourself"? All this and more in this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
What does it mean to be holy?
The High Priest atones for all those who enter the Temple in a state of impurity. But what about the people who violated the sanctity of the Temple on purpose? Why should the offering atone for them as well?
Featuring:Rabbi Reuvein BrandYU Kollel Mitzion - Rosh Kollel Skokie, ILClick below for today's text of Shnayim Mikra:Acharei Mot-Kedoshim - Chamishi ShnayimYomi.org
A Jew is not allowed to dress like a non-Jew. But what is Jewish attire? In 1972, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair opened SARM Studios the first 24-track recording studio in Europe where Queen mixed “Bohemian Rhapsody”. His music publishing company, Druidcrest Music published the music for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973) and as a record producer, he co-produced the quadruple-platinum debut album by American band “Foreigner” (1976). American Top ten singles from this album included, “Feels Like The First Time”, “Cold as Ice” and “Long, Long Way from Home”. Other production work included “The Enid – In the Region of the Summer Stars”, “The Curves”, and “Nutz” as well as singles based on The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy with Douglas Adams and Richard O'Brien. Other artists who used SARM included: ABC, Alison Moyet, Art of Noise, Brian May, The Buggles, The Clash, Dina Carroll, Dollar, Flintlock, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Grace Jones, It Bites, Malcolm McLaren, Nik Kershaw, Propaganda, Rush, Rik Mayall, Stephen Duffy, and Yes. In 1987, he settled in Jerusalem to immerse himself in the study of Torah. His two Torah books The Color of Heaven, on the weekly Torah portion, and Seasons of the Moon met with great critical acclaim. Seasons of the Moon, a unique fine-art black-and-white photography book combining poetry and Torah essays, has now sold out and is much sought as a collector's item fetching up to $250 for a mint copy. He is much in demand as an inspirational speaker both in Israel, Great Britain and the United States. He was Plenary Keynote Speaker at the Agudas Yisrael Convention, and Keynote Speaker at Project Inspire in 2018. Rabbi Sinclair lectures in Talmud and Jewish Philosophy at Ohr Somayach/Tannenbaum College of Judaic studies in Jerusalem and is a senior staff writer of the Torah internet publications Ohrnet and Torah Weekly. His articles have been published in The Jewish Observer, American Jewish Spirit, AJOP Newsletter, Zurich's Die Jüdische Zeitung, South African Jewish Report and many others. Rabbi Sinclair was born in London, and lives with his family in Jerusalem. He was educated at St. Anthony's Preparatory School in Hampstead, Clifton College, and Bristol University. A Project Of Ohr.Edu Questions? Comments? We'd Love To Hear From You At: Podcasts@Ohr.Edu https://podcasts.ohr.edu/
Trivia Time. Do You Know the Answer? The weekly Torah portion includes far more depth than what appears in a quick review of its passages. Each week in Beyond the Letter of the Law, Harry Rothenberg, Esq. (Rothenberg Law Firm LLP, https://injurylawyer.com) provides interesting insights and take-away lessons from the Torah portion and the Jewish holidays. Subscribe to enjoy his unique blend of analysis, passion, and humor. A Project Of Ohr.Edu Questions? Comments? We'd Love To Hear From You: Podcasts@Ohr.Edu https://podcasts.ohr.edu/
Leviticus is full rules. The one I focus on here is The Golden Rule, perhaps the hardest thing. But being kind to others, even strangers, is more important and has more of an impact than we ever imagine.
Featuring:Rabbi Reuvein BrandYU Kollel Mitzion - Rosh Kollel Skokie, ILClick below for today's text of Shnayim Mikra:Acharei Mot-Kedoshim - ShishiShnayimYomi.org
Featuring:Rabbi Reuvein BrandYU Kollel Mitzion - Rosh Kollel Skokie, ILClick below for today's text of Shnayim Mikra:Acharei Mot-Kedoshim - Rivi'iShnayimYomi.org
We are required to give others the benefit of the doubt, but the source for the command seems strange.
Welcome to Rabbi Sacks' commentary on the weekly Torah portion. This series of Covenant & Conversation essays explores the theme of finding spirituality in the Torah, week by week, parsha by parsha. You can find the full written article on Acharei Mot-Kedoshim available to read, print, and share, by visiting: https://www.rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/acharei-mot/the-courage-to-admit-mistakes/ The new FAMILY EDITION is now also available: https://www.rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation-family-edition/acharei-mot/the-courage-to-admit-mistakes/ For more articles, videos, and other material from Rabbi Sacks, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org and follow @RabbiSacks. The Rabbi Sacks Legacy continues to share weekly inspiration from Rabbi Sacks. This piece was originally written and recorded by Rabbi Sacks in 2016. With thanks to the Schimmel Family for their generous sponsorship of Covenant & Conversation, dedicated in loving memory of Harry (Chaim) Schimmel.
Featuring:Rabbi Reuvein BrandYU Kollel Mitzion - Rosh Kollel Skokie, ILClick below for today's text of Shnayim Mikra:Acharei Mot-Kedoshim - RishonShnayimYomi.org
Featuring:Rabbi Reuvein BrandYU Kollel Mitzion - Rosh Kollel Skokie, ILClick below for today's text of Shnayim Mikra:Acharei Mot-Kedoshim - Sheni ShnayimYomi.org
Featuring:Rabbi Reuvein BrandYU Kollel Mitzion - Rosh Kollel Skokie, ILClick below for today's text of Shnayim Mikra:Acharei Mot - Kedoshim - Shlishi ShnayimYomi.org
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How do we balance a sense of reverence and our desire for closeness with the Divine? In this week’s episode of the Pardes Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash for a discussion on boundaries … Read the rest The post Acharei Mot – Kedoshim 5783: Boundaries and Making Space for the Other first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading Acharei Mot – Kedoshim 5783: Boundaries and Making Space for the Other at Elmad Online Learning.
In this episode with Dr. Julie Goldstein, we discuss different interpretations of the general injunction to be 'kadosh' and the import each explanation has for one's service of God. This episode was dedicated in memory of Yehuda ben Shlomo. Our series on Vayikra is titled ‘Kedusha is in the Details' and explores the way these laws try to elevate each of our most basic human functions: food intake, bodily functions, relationships, spaces of worship, and our use of time.
Mark Huey of Outreach Israel Ministries delivers the following message on the Haftarah reading for Acharei Mot-Kedoshim, Ezekiel 22:1-19; Amos 9:7-15; Ezekiel 20:2-20