DIASPORA TORAH READING SHABBAT MAY 9: EMORUNIVERSAL TORAH COMMENTARYBy Rabbi Avraham GreenbaumTorah Reading: Parshas EMOR, Leviticus 21:1-24:23SAY TO THE PRIESTSAs discussed in Universal Torah #20 TETZAVEH, the Torah conception of the priests and their relationship with the people is radically different from the conception of the priesthood in other traditions. The Cohen of the Torah…

UNIVERSAL TORAH COMMENTARYBy Rabbi Avraham GreenbaumTorah Reading: Parshas BEHAR, Leviticus 25:1-26:2Haftara: Jeremiah 32:6-27THE LAND BELONGS TO G-D“To G-d belongs the land and its fullness, the earth and its inhabitants.” (Psalms 24:1). “The heavens, the heavens belong to G-d, but the earth He GAVE TO THE SONS OF ADAM. The dead will not praise G-d nor…