Feb. 19, 2023, The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Like the call in Leviticus, the readings remind all the faithful to be set apart, to be holy, and this is fleshed-out in the love of one’s ...

Leviticus asks us to be holy like God; Jesus asks us to love like God, who lets the sun shine on the good and the bad. As Christians, ...

Leviticus asks us to be holy like God; Jesus asks us to love like God, who lets the sun shine on the good and the bad. It is not easy to be a follower of Jesus.

Their sacred task is “to distinguish between holy and unholy, between impure and pure and to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken unto Moses” (Leviticus 10:11).

Yet, in the heart of Leviticus — at the beginning of this week’s second Torah portion, Kedoshim — the Torah delivers one of its most radical commands: “You shall be holy.” Not as a dream ...

Despite threats from Amalekites, they must protect the vulnerable, including non-Israelites who joined the Exodus. Leviticus insists a holy nation treat these strangers with compassion and respect.

Chapter 8to Chapter 10 Here’s an episode they skipped at my Sunday school. God, who’s been uncharacteristically quiet and gentle for the first chapters of Leviticus, returns with a vengeance ...

Parashat ‘Kedoshim’ begins with a commandment declared before the entire nation due to its great importance. “You shall be holy” (Leviticus 19:2). God demands that the people of Israel be ...

“You shall be holy to me for I, God, ... defines it as narrowly and specifically relating to sexually ethical behavior as codified in chapters 18 and 20 of Leviticus.