All posts by Aaron Sull
Life Is What Happens to You While You’re Busy Making Other Plans
John Lennon once sang: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” This week, we start
The Modern Day Levites
Counting the Levites Separately Bamidbar, the book of Numbers, begins with the census of the Jewish people. According to Rashi,
A Special Role to Play
Numbers, Chapter 1, Verse 53, reads: “The Levites will camp around the Tent of the Congregation…and the Levites are to
Getting a True Count of Community
When it comes to synagogue communities there is an easy way to count and a hard way. The easy
In the Desert
This week we start the fourth of the five books of the Torah, Bamidbar (the first portion in each
Free Time
Parshas Behar begins with the mitzvah of shemittah, the sabbatical year, when the land of Israel is allowed to rest
Who Is Honored? One Who Honors Others
Our sages taught that Rabbi Akiva had 12 000 pairs of students and they died between the period of
Making Us Whole
Reconciling the Tochecha with a G-d of Kindness The Tochecha [Words of] Rebuke, is known for its curses and threats
Thin Veils of Protection Drawn Back
Leviticus 25:23 reads: “…for the land is Mine; for you are sojourners and resident-settlers with Me…” God logically justifies fairness
Lessons Learned in Leviticus
This week’s double portion, Behar-Bechukotai, marks the end of the Book of Leviticus, a book that has been with us