Monthly Archives: March 2024

Do We Really Listen?

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Harry Zeitlin

VaYikrah begins a new book of the Torah and is always read close to Purim. It begins with one of the rare curiosities in our tradition in that the word itself, ויקרא is always written in a Torah scroll with … Continue reading →

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Living With Both Eyes

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Harry Zeitlin

Any mature understanding of the Torah requires simultaneously reading both for literal meaning and for metaphor. Perhaps no other topic requires this as much as does the Mishkan, the proto-Temple in the desert, a physical structure in which we are … Continue reading →

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