PARSHA POSTS: KEDOSHIM

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Este Abramowitz

May 12, 2025, 6:57 AM

Photo credit: Este Abramowitz, May 2025

My husband recently went to a Melava Malka hosted by Oorah for their TorahMates program. An organization which partners observant Jews to learn Torah with other Jews who are non-observant but on their way, Oorah has a catchphrase saying...

William Hamilton

May 9, 2025, 5:27 PM

Why you can’t free yourself from your own prison cell

Here’s a favorite maxim. “A prisoner can’t free themself from from their own prison cell.” That is, someone else has to open the door for them. Assistance from the outside is always needed. As vital as self-care and self-improvement...

May 9, 2025, 3:13 PM

Saying thank you is not just polite, but holy

'Thank you' painted on kids' hands. (iStock)

When you believe your time can be sacred, the little things you do are incredibly important (Kedoshim)

May 9, 2025, 2:48 PM

Who is loved? One who loves others

Togetherness at the Golden Temple

If you can't be loved unless you love others, how do you even find that authentic emotion within yourself? (Kedoshim)

May 9, 2025, 2:45 PM

Yachol Kamoni: Being Like God

Parshas Kedoshim begins with the command, "You shall be holy, for I am holy” (Leviticus 19:2). On this, the Midrash (Vayikra Rabba 24:9) comments "yachol kamoni," which is commonly translated "can you be like Me?" Simply understood, the verse...

May 9, 2025, 1:52 PM

Leviticus, the Chosen and the Fourth Order

This week’s Torah reading, Acharei Mot-Kedoshim, brings us to the part of Leviticus known as the “Holiness Code.” In enjoining Israel to be a holy nation, a nation of priests, how does Leviticus view that role in the context...

May 9, 2025, 12:32 PM

The War for Holiness: From Kedoshim to Gaza

There is a poignant juxtaposition in the name of this double Torah portion—Acharei Mot–Kedoshim—“After Death… Holiness.” It captures a fundamental truth: we often only understand the full depth of a person’s life after they are gone. We mourn not...

May 9, 2025, 12:30 PM

Love Is Not Enough (Acharei Mot-Kedoshim)

The opening chapter of Kedoshim contains two of the most powerful of all commands: to love your neighbour and to love the stranger. “Love your neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord” goes the first. “When a stranger comes...

Jonathan Muskat

May 9, 2025, 12:24 PM

Loving God, Loving Others: Finding Harmony in Conflict

The interplay between loving God (Ahavat Hashem) and loving one’s fellow Jew (Ahavat Yisrael) has been a foundational question in Jewish thought for generations. At its core lies a profound tension: Can one truly love God while clashing with...

May 8, 2025, 2:40 PM

Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Being Worthy of the Land

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has found itself in an existential struggle for survival. What began with Hamas’s brutal assault on the communities of the Gaza envelope, quickly escalated into a multi-front war. Hezbollah soon joined the fray, launching...

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