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From the blog of David Kolinsky at The Times of Israel

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Last week’s blog emphasized that embedded within the tapestry of our lives there are specific experiences created for us by God that we should focus on and engage. To convey this idea, the parashah utilized the words ShaeM (שם name), allegorically meaning “what is put forth (in experienc...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, The verb KaHaeN (כהן) means “to perform with precise and mindful intention” or “to give something precise and mindful attention.”1 Even though, in Judaism, we are divided into Kohanim (כהנים priests), L’viim (לוים escorts), and Israelites; we are all to behave as kohanim,...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, In the chapter before parashat Sh’mini (chapter 8 of Leviticus), Moshe anoints not only Aharon, but also all that is in the mishkan, the altar, the basin and its base. The verb for anointing, MaShaHh (משח), is a direct descendant of the verb MaShaH (משה to draw out). An anointing is a ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, In Judaism, the two most common names for God are Elohim and the tetragrammaton (Y-H-W-H). The word Elohim (אלהים) is the plural for Eloah (אלוה) which evolved from the root LaWaH (לוה – to join, escort, guide). In Ugaritic, a Northwest Semitic language very closely related to He...