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The Dynamic of Sacrifices
By Shlomo Yaffe
There is no getting around it: the Torah talks a lot about animal sacrifices, libations and all that. With all the spiritual opportunities available to us, why are missing the sacrificing of an actual animal?
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Tzav » Parshah Columnists » Torah for Now » The Dynamic of Sacrifices
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Sacrificial Lamb, Anyone?
By Yossy Goldman
"She demanded Medical School or else!" "She force fed me chicken soup -- intravenously!" Jewish novelists have made millions denouncing their mothers to the world. But are our sacrificing parents the source for all our neuroses? Or maybe if we spent more ...
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Vayikra » Parshah Columnists » Weekly Sermonette » Sacrificial Lamb, Anyone?
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The Radical in Me
By Mendy Herson
For the record, I should state that I value moderation. I try to practice it and I teach it to my kids. So when the reporter blurted out, "You're pretty radical!" I took that as a pejorative comment...
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Mendy Herson » The Radical in Me
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Chapter 6: The Particulars of a Sacrificial Offering as Paralleled in Prayer
By Zalman Posner
The Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer begins his first treatiseKuntres HaTefillah (Tract on Prayer). Written in 1900, fifth edition printed in Brooklyn, 1946. [English rendition, Brooklyn, 1992.] written for the students of the Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim, ...
Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » On the Study of Chasidus » On the Teachings of Chassidus » Chapter 6: The Particulars of a Sacrificial Offering as Paralleled in Prayer
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Pinchas
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Spirituality » Contemporary Works » The Chassidic Dimension » Volume 4 » Bamidbar » Pinchas
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What Gives Us the Right to Kill Animals?
A discussion with Tzvi Freeman
From man I expect good and bad. From G-d I expected only good. Until I learned about the animal sacrifices. Apparently G-d actually wants them. Imagine, a place set aside for slaughter -- in a temple!
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Ethics & Religion » What Gives Us the Right to Kill Animals?
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Vayikra
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
The Eternal Relevance of the Beis HaMikdash The Book of Vayikra concerns itself primarily with the sacrificial offeringsSee the Ramban’ s preface to the Book of Vayikra. which were one of the central services carried out in both the Sanctuary and the ...
Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Likkutei Sichos » Volume VIII - Vayikra » Vayikra
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Terumah
By Eli Touger
Why Confine G-d to a Single Place? Parshas Terumah relates G-d’s command to take gold and silver and other articles (13 different substances according to some commentaries,Shir HaShirim Rabbah 4:13; Zohar, Vol. II, p. 148a; Midrash Tanchuma, Terumah, ...
Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Likkutei Sichos » Volume VII - Shemos » Terumah
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Are You Really Planning to Bring Back those Animal Sacrifices?
By Tzvi Freeman
I can see the experiential quality of it all -- an ancient temple with heavenly music and mystical song, priests in flowing robes deep in meditation, mesmerizing, choreographed ritual. But why the barbeque?
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Mitzvot & Jewish Customs » Are You Really Planning to Bring Back those Animal Sacrifices?
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The Offered Beast
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Why, if a person sinned and wished to make atonement, or he was just in a generous mood and wished to offer something to G-d, does he sacrifice an innocent animal? Why doesn't he sacrifice himself, for example?
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