PARSHAH PICKS: Conscious Cuisine, Eulogies for the Living and more... (Acharei-Kedoshim)

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So that through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

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Iyar 11, 5772 · May 3, 2012 General Overview: This week's reading, Acharei-Kedoshim, begins with a detailed description of the service of the High Priest on Yom Kippur. Dozens of commandments are then discussed in this week's reading. Among them: the prohibitions against offering sacrifices outside the Temple; consuming blood; incestuous, adulterous, or other forbidden relationships; various mandatory gifts for the poor; love for every Jew, prohibition against sorcery; honesty in business dealings; and sexual morality. This Week's Features Printable Parshah Magazine Conscious Cuisine By Rochel Holzkenner THE PARSHAH Acharei-Kedoshim in a Nutshell Leviticus 16:1–20:27 On holiness, and love, and holiness in love, and holy love. COLUMNISTS Eulogies for the Living It seems there’s always so much good to say about those who have departed. But wasn’t the deceased, like all others, a human being? Did you really think that he was so perfect yesterday? By Levi Avtzon Weight Watchers The average thief’s deed consists of straightforward dishonesty and evil. The one with the false measures, on the other hand, is professing to the world that he is honest By Mendel Kalmenson But I Don’t Love Myself! How can I share something I don’t have? How can I accept another if I don’t accept myself? How can I “love my fellow as myself” if I don’t love myself? By Levi Avtzon FEATURED VIDEO How to be Holy... Kind Of Kedoshim Parshah Report Gefilte fish, master of relaxation and the art of meditation, teaches us how to be Holy, breath deeply, and scream at our friends... Hey, are we missing something? Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich  Watch (4:58) How to Be Holy How to Study Torah - Acharei-Kedoshim The Torah commands us "to be holy." What does this injunction mean? Many commentaries explain that it refers to not indulging even in permissible pleasures. What is the difference between asceticism and holiness? By Mendel Kaplan  Watch (1:10:35) Letters and Numbers of Torah Parsha Acharei-Kedoshim Rabbi Raskin looks at the hidden meanings of the sizes and numerical values (gematria) of the Hebrew letters in the weekly Torah portion. Aaron L. Raskin  Watch (20:00) FEATURED AUDIO CLASSES Parshah Insight A five minute weekly Torah insight based on the wellsprings of Torah and Chassidut. By J. Immanuel Schochet  Download    Listen (6:07) The Chassidic Dimension An in depth presentation of Chassidic teachings on the weekly Parshah. By Berel Bell  Download    Listen (31:34)

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