Leviticus is the party book of the Old Testament. For my family, meal preparation is often accompanied by music. Gratitude is given prior to eating, and a time of spiritual reading and prayer follows.

Leviticus gets a bad rap. It lacks the great narratives of the first two books and is full of rules and regulations. Many of these instructions (Lev 1-10) deal with ...

RELIGION Jewish pro-Israel activist says warnings in Leviticus a reminder that God is in control Third book of the Torah and the Old Testament contains lessons about the need to trust God ...

The book of Leviticus provides important lessons for the Jewish people, especially when it comes to protecting the lives of others, Jonathan Greenberg, a Reform rabbi from Chicago, ...

Leviticus is a difficult book for a modern person to read with reverence and appreciation. Its main subject matter–animal offerings and ritual impurity–seems remote from contemporary concerns.

Growing up, I related to the book of Leviticus and its sacrificial cult with indifference (what’s this got to do with me?) or embarrassment (does God really need us to kill animals, sprinkle ...

Leviticus. Chapter 20 This is the Law and Order: SVU chapter, ... Chapter 27 If the author of Leviticus had an editor, the book would end with the terrifying thunderclap of Chapter 26.

One of the major discoveries of modern biblical scholarship is the recent contribution by Mary Douglas (in her book “Leviticus as Literature” [Oxford University Press, 1999]) to project this ...

In Shadal on Leviticus (Kodesh Press), Daniel Klein has written a remarkable translation of the commentary on Leviticus by Rabbi Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865), known by his Hebrew acronym Shadal.