This week we begin Sefer VaYikra, the book of Leviticus where sacrifices are a central topic and theme. The nature of sacrifices and their application to our daily lives is of major import and can teach us life-altering lessons.
When I first started in the rabbinate, there was a family in my congregation whose single daughter wanted to get married. On Yom Kippur, they were advised to buy the
maftir, the last person called up to the Torah on Shabbat and holiday mornings, as a
segulah, a form of protection or a charm, to assist the woman in finding her husband. Unbeknownst to them, there was another congregant, who had a medical issue, and was also advised to buy the