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TORAH PORTION · VAYIKRA / LEVITICUS · IYAR 5786 Acharei Mot–Kedoshim Leviticus 16:1–20:27 · Parashat HaShavua Torah Commentary · Messianic Perspective · Academic Study The double portion of Acharei Mot–Kedoshim stands as one of the theological summits of the entire Torah. Its two constituent parashiyot (portions) are not merely juxtaposed by editorial accident; they form a deliberate theological argument. Death precedes holiness — and holiness is the answer to de

A Double Portion: Tazria–Metzora | Leviticus 12–15 פָּרָשַׁת תַּזְרִיעַ–מְצֹרָע There are weeks in the Torah's calendar when two parashot are bound together — not because the rabbis ran short on time, but because the texts themselves call out to one another. Tazria and Metzora are such a pair. They share a single subject, a single vocabulary, and a single unsettling question that echoes across both portions: what does it mean when the body itself becomes a text? For the moder

“For Messiah, our Passover, has been sacrificed.” — 1 Corinthians 5:7   The Question at the Heart of Passover Why Does This Night Matter? Every year, at Passover Seders around the world, the youngest child at the table asks the Mah Nishtanah  — the Four Questions — beginning with: “Why is this night different from all other nights?” It is one of the most ancient questions in human religious practice. And the answer, for Messianic believers, runs deeper than Egypt, deeper than

Parashah Tzav צַו Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36 Haftarah: Jeremiah 7:21–34  |  Brit Hadashah: Hebrews 10:1–18   "The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not go out."   — Leviticus 6:6   Overview Parashah Tzav  — meaning “Command” — is the second portion of the Book of וַיִּקְרָא Leviticus (the book called Vayikra ) and one of the Torah’s most detailed priestly texts. Addressed directly to Aaron and his sons, it lays out the inner workings of the Tabernacle’s sacrif