The main subject matter of this week’s Parsha (Torah portion) of Tzav, and most of the Torah portions in the book of Vayikra, are korbanot, which in English is translated as sacrificial offerings, sacrifices. But the real translation of the word korban is to come close — closeness. And the way we achieve closeness between […]
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On Purim, we celebrate the great salvation of the Jewish people from the hands of Haman and the Persian kingdom, which wanted to annihilate all the Jews in the world. And the striking thing about the Megillah, the Book of Esther, which we read on Purim, is that the name of God is absent from […]