Beis Vaad L'Chachamim

The term "Scapegoat" expresses an error on the part of non-Jewish readers of the Torah. They believed that the Azazel goat was all...

It is reasonable to assume that the issurim in the Torah are intrinsic issurim, and it is Chazal's job to make transgression less likel...

Parshas Achrei Mos begins with a description of the Sacrificial Service of Yom Kippur.  T he first thing  Moshe was told to tell Aharon is...

The Gemara (Chulin 84a) says that this passuk teaches that one should eat meat as a hunter would. תנו רבנן, אשר יצוד, אין לי אלא אשר יצ...

Yesterday, I attended the joyous Lechaim for the engagement of my youngest son, who became a Chassan just before Shabbos.  The Chassan was p...

Our parsha describes the Korbanos brought on Yom Kippur and tells us that the Kohen Gadol says vidui as he does the avoda of these korbanos....

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם  אֲנִי ה Observe my ordinances and laws, that man...

(This is a re-post. It has been expanded, and is now one of two articles on nepotism/hereditary entitlement. The other post deals with Moshe...