Category: Kedoshim
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Kedoshim 5782: “Fragmentary Judaism”
Some books are able to convey the essential point of the book just in their title alone. An excellent example of that is Professor Leora Batnitzky’s book How Judaism Became a Religion. The premise of her…
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Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 5778: “In This Way Shall He Enter the Sanctuary”
What if there were only one shul in the world? Some questions would become easy to answer. “Where are you going to make the bris?”“There’s one shul in the world!” “Where will you be for Pesach?”“There’s…
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Kedoshim 5776: “Baseless Love or Solidarity?”
History is important, not only as it occurs and is recorded, but also as it is remembered and retold. Sometimes old and well known stories get told in new ways. And, sometimes an event from the…
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Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 5775: “Does Judaism Recognize an Ethic Independent of Halakhah”
You may have noticed that my family was not in shul last Shabbat. (I actually hope you did notice that we weren’t here)! Last Shabbat we took a short and much appreciated family vacation to exotic Columbus,…
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld 