Parshat
I recently posted about my Sacrifice | Offering project. While I always have many projects and pieces I’m working on, the next I know I want to do in this series is offering me unique challenges. I want the next piece to also serve as my first submission to the EGA Master Craftsman i program [...]
Pinhas (Num 25:10-30:1) is both one of my favorite and least favorite readings all in one. It starts with the death of Zimri and Cozbi, the Simeonite prince and Midianite princess that Phineas violently kills to avert G!d’s rage from the Israelites’ “whoring” after Baal Peor. I’m used the David Alter translation of the Five [...]
Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33) This is such a challenging and strange portion. Most women recoil at the idea of being “impure” because they gave birth. The entire passage deals with what is and isn’t “tamei” and how to deal with a variety of afflictions called “tzaraat.” One of the first things I always think of when [...]
