Let us have a closer look—however uninviting that may seem at first—at the occasions for ritual purification in this week’s Torah reading, Parashat Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 12–15). We might be ...

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 the different types of sacrifices ...

The fact of sin as an offense to God stands out in bold relief. The necessity for atonement through a prescribed sacrifice is the burden of Leviticus 1–7 and 16. The Lord’s claims on the time of his ...