The severity of Nadav and Avihu’s punishment prompts Jewish reflection. A Sanhedrin was deemed severe if issuing a death ...

Most readers think Leviticus is about dull things: priests and their sacrificial offerings, blood taboos and bodily fluids, the holiness code. In her new book, Avivah Zornberg shows that there is more ...

Arguing that the Book of Leviticus (Vayikra), dealing mainly with ... “One small mistake in the sacrificial ritual, and the offering is rejected. There can be no spontaneity in the sacrificial ...

The offering of an animal on the altar sharpened ... Don Isaac Abarbanel, in his introduction to the Book of Leviticus, explains why the act of placing an animal on the altar is called a korban ...