“The priests are not to make bald spots on their heads, mar the edges of their beards or cut gashes in their flesh.  Rather, they are to be holy for their God and not profane the name of their God. For they are the ones who present Adonai with offerings made by fire, the bread […]

Today I want to continue the discussion we began yesterday about a common challenge that faces all believers. I’m talking about a situation where in order to exercise love and compassion to another, we sometimes have to break God’s rules concerning ritual purity. To be honest, sometimes I wish God’s commands on ritual purity weren’t […]

“Adonai said to Moshe, “Speak to the cohanim, the sons of Aharon; tell them: ‘No cohen is to make himself unclean for any of his people who dies, except for his close relatives — his mother, father, son, daughter and brother; he may also make himself unclean for his virgin sister who has never married […]

YHVH said to Moshe, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aharon; tell them: ‘No priest is to make himself unclean for any of his people who dies, except for his close relatives — his mother, father, son, daughter and brother; he may also make himself unclean for his virgin sister who has never married and […]

How did death and decay begin in our universe? There are two interesting hypotheses put forward to answer this question. One argument is that sin and evil did not exist until Satan rebelled in heaven. Until Satan rebelled, the universe operated on a different principle that it does now. We’re talking about a universe that […]