Rabbi Rachel Barenblat: Yom HaShoah

Rabbi Barenblat blogs about the beginning of the Holocaust. Please follow the link below to read the full article:

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, z/l: Shemini Food for thought

The parashah begins with the induction of the Kohanim, immediately followed by the dietary laws. Rabbi Sacks considers the logic of this placement. He quotes R. Elie Munk, who reiterated that the Sanctuary was a human counterpart of the cosmos. R. Munk then continues with a passage from the Creation narrative, wherein the first commandment for humans was a dietary law.