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	Leviticus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible, also the third book in the Torah (five books of Moses).
		A possible reason may be that, of all the books of the Torah, Leviticus is the closest to being purely devoted to mitzvot and its study goes hand-in-hand with their performance.
		To Christian readers, Leviticus is not literally about Jewish law and regulations for worship, but in prophetic type prefigures the person and work of Jesus Christ, especially his substitutionary death on the cross as a sin offering, as is made clear in the Epistle to Hebrews.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leviticus (920 words)

	Leviticus on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is in essence a collection of liturgical legislation with special reference to regulations for the levitical priests, introduced in the canonical sequence immediately after the institution of public worship at the end of Exodus.
		All of Leviticus is ascribed to the so-called Priestly Source (P) of the Pentateuch.
		Leviticus probably reached its final canonical shape by about the year 400 BC The later religious establishment of the post-exilic Temple is read back into the Mosaic era.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/l/leviticu.asp (427 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Texts: Leviticus: Instruction for the Priests
		Leviticus 19:2 gives a more specifically priestly answer to Micah's question: "You shall be holy, for I, the LORD your God, am holy." How Israel was to live as a holy nation is the burden of Leviticus.
		Leviticus 11 is one of two major sources in Torah for kashrut, or the dietary laws (see also Deuteronomy 14).
		Leviticus 17 to 26 coheres as a literary unit, referred to as "the Holiness code," because of the frequent use of the term kadosh, "holy." This section begins by ordaining the place and form of proper worship of the God of Israel.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /texts/bible/What_is_the_Torah/Leviticus.htm (1418 words)

	Command the Bride: Parashas Tzav
		KJV Leviticus 8:33 And ye shall not go out (03318) of the door (06607) of the tabernacle (0168) of the congregation (04150) in seven (07651) days (03117), until the days (03117) of your consecration (04394) be at an end (04390): for seven (07651) days (03117) shall he consecrate (04390) (03027) you.
		Leviticus 8:33-35 You shall not leave the entrance of the Tent of the Meeting for seven days, until the day when your days of inauguration are completed; for you shall be inaugurated* for a seven-day period.
		Leviticus 8:33-35 And you shall not go outside the doorway of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that the period of your ordination is fulfilled; for he will ordain you through seven days.
	philologos.org /bpr/files/c009.htm (1557 words)

	Tales of the Neighborhood: CHAPTER ONE
		Leviticus Rabbah is distinguished by its elaborate and unified compositional scheme and by the superb quality of its narrative style.
		Leviticus Rabbah includes no less than four narratives in which the encounter of women neighbors either is the focus of the narrative or plays a central role in it.
		Whereas the narrative of the two baking neighbor women in Leviticus Rabbah itself does not involve a gender conflict (although it emerges in several of its later parallels), such a conflict is explicitly present in the context of the chapter as a whole.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/9804/9804.ch01.html (8630 words)

	Judaism and Disability: Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		(5) Leviticus Rabbah, the contents of which were finalized closure around 400-500 C.E., comprises a set of thirty-seven topical essays (Neusner 1986a, 57, 59-72).
		Lamentations Rabbah is an early midrash, originating in the land of Israel and probably composed in the first half of the fifth century (Strack and Stemberger 1991, 310).
		Its origin was in the land of Israel and it was composed in the fifth century, "approximately contemporaneous with Leviticus Rabbah" (Strack and Stemberger 1991, 321).
	gupress.gallaudet.edu /abramsintro9.html (586 words)

	Jochebed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The "houses" with which God recompensed the midwives (Exodus 1:21) were those of priesthood and royalty, realized, in the case of Jochebed, in the persons of her two sons Aaron and Moses (Ex.
		One rabbis identifies her as being the same person as Jehudijah (I Chronicles 4:18), this name, interpreted as "the Jewess," being given to her because, by disobeying Pharaoh's order, she founded the Jewish nation (Midrash Leviticus Rabbah i.
		According to traditional rabbinic biblical chronology, Moses was eighty years old when the Israelites went out from Egypt, and the Israelites were in Egypt 210 years; Jochebed therefore was 130 years old when she bore Moses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jochebed (450 words)

	Golden Bells & Pomegranates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The author studies the 5th Century rabbinic anthology Midrash Leviticus Rabbah, which is a quasi-encyclopedic miscellany of rabbinic thought and commentaries on Torah and its study.
		He outlines the content of this text, its novel elements of style, structure and redaction, and places it at a turning point in rabbinic literature in the Greco-Roman milieu.
		The author undertakes to survey and synthesize the broad areas necessary to understand Leviticus Rabbah, while at the same time offering detailed studies of both structure and content.
	www.coronetbooks.com /books/gold9912.htm (106 words)

	Bamidbar - Hananel Mack
		As far as we know, the name Numbers Rabbah is not mentioned in written sources until the beginning of the 13th century, nor do we have any information about the work existing in the form in which we know it prior to this period.
		In Numbers Rabbah the concluding subject is the erection of the Tabernacle; hence, when the redactor reached this topic he concluded with praise of Moses for devoting his life to the Tabernacle.
		Almost everyone who cites this midrashic work and refers to Numbers Rabbah by name treats it as a single work, and apparently the date when the two parts were united was not long after the first part was composed; indeed, the unification may have been done by the redactor of Numbers Rabbah part I, himself.
	www.biu.ac.il /JH/Parasha/eng/bamidbar/mac.html (1874 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - ḲOHELET (ECCLESIASTES) RABBAH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He, however, used to a great extent the introductions which he found either in the earlier midrashim—Bereshit (Genesis) Rabbah, Pesiḳta, Ekah (Lamentations) Rabbati, Wayiḳra (Leviticus) Rabbah, Shir ha-Shirim (Canticles) Rabbah—or in the collections from which those midrashim were compiled.
		The longest passages in the Midrash Ḳohelet are the introductions to Pesiḳta and Wayiḳra Rabbah, all of which the author used.
		8, at the beginning of a proem in Wayiḳra Rabbah xxii., a modification of the passage in the latter is made which gives ample proof that the Midrash Ḳohelet was written at a later time than the other midrashic works mentioned.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=311&letter=K&search=midrash (1715 words)

	Leviticus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are eleven in Deuteronomy which do not occur in Leviticus, and these are nearly all animals and birds which are not found in Egypt or the Holy Land, but which are numerous in the Arabian desert.
		They are not named in Leviticus a few weeks after the departure from Egypt; but after the people were thirty-nine years in the desert they are named, a strong proof that the list in Deuteronomy was written at the end of the journey, and the list in Leviticus at the beginning.
		To Christian readers, Leviticus is literally about Jewish law and regulations for worship, but is in fact coded prophecy that is made clear in the Epistle to Hebrews.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Le/Leviticus.html (1780 words)

	Union for Reform Judaism - Acharei Mot, 5759
		In Leviticus Rabbah 24 we read that Rabbi Hiyya taught that from the words in Leviticus 19 "most of the essential laws of the Torah can be derived." And, indeed, that is the case because the basic laws of the Torah that regulate interpersonal human behavior are found in this week's Torah portion.
		In Leviticus 19:14 we are called upon to respect all members of our society, especially those who are disabled: "You shall not insult the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind.
		In Leviticus 19, for the first time in history, we are called upon to create a new chapter in our relations with those who are disabled.
	www.urj.org /Articles/index.cfm?id=3099&pge_prg_id=14096&pge_id=3452 (1034 words)

	USCJ: B'har-B'hukotai 5764
		According to Leviticus Rabbah 36:25, "If there were no good deeds in Jacob's then Isaac's would suffice, and if Isaac's deeds did not suffice, then Abraham's would suffice; in fact, the deeds of each one alone would suffice for the whole world to be kept suspended in it's position on account of their merit.
		Yet, fortunately, the men who were responsible for this statement found the means, by interpretation and even by legislation, of developing law and thought and to keep them responsive to the needs and circumstances of each generation.
		The Jewish religion is as rich and as deep as it is today because of the wisdom of rabbis, teachers and students over the ages that God intended Judaism as a living religion and the Torah as a flexible document open to interpretation.
	www.uscj.org /BharBhukotai_57646344.html (1212 words)

	Son of God - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Judaism, it is through such personal relations that the individual becomes conscious of God's fatherhood, and gradually in Hellenistic and rabbinical literature "sonship to God" was ascribed first to every Israelite and then to every member of the human race (Abot 3:15, 5:20; Ber.
		In one midrash, the Torah is said to be God's "daughter" (Leviticus Rabbah 20).
		The Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John have given the term a meta-physical and dogmatic significance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Son_of_God (639 words)

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		The earlier rabbah midrash compilations are thought to have been completed in the fourth and fifth centuries.
		Genesis Rabbah makes a coherent claim that the origins of the world and of the tribes of Israel reveal God's plan and portend for the future of Israel's salvation.
		The later rabbah midrash compilations are said to derive from the sixth and seventh centuries.
	www.tzvee.com /bibcrit.htm (2559 words)

	Parshat Aharei Mot - Kedoshim 1998/5758 - Menachem Ben-Yashar
		Chapter 16 of Leviticus is known as the sacrificial service for the Day of Atonement, and indeed it was set as the Torah reading for the morning of the Day of Atonement.
		In contrast, chapter 16 of Leviticus, Parashat Aharei Mot, begins by mentioning the death of Aaron's two sons and immediately thereafter sets forth the details of the sacrificial worship to atone for the sanctuary, the priests and the congregation.
		Be that as it may, when the passages of the Torah on atonement and on the festivals were given to the Israelites (both occur in Leviticus, before the sin of the spies), they were supposed to enter the land immediately, not to tarry in the wilderness for forty years.
	www.biu.ac.il /JH/Parasha/eng/aharey/ben.html (1712 words)

	October 7, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This, perhaps, is one of the great spiritual "balancing acts" that Rabbi Akiba achieved so well: he had ambition yet he recognized the importance of humility.
		Leviticus Rabbah reached closure around 400-500 C.E. and is comprised of a set of thirty-seven topical essays.
		It is the rabbinization, if one could call it that, of the most priestly of books, Leviticus.
	www.maqom.com /oct7_99.html (274 words)

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		Typically, Midrash Leviticus Rabbah seizes upon this tension to teach a moral lesson.
		In a Torah portion that speaks explicitly of the perquisites of leadership — what gifts the priests receive for their service (Leviticus 7:35) — the midrash is at pains to remind us that our community consists of more than machers.
		Midrash Leviticus Rabbah has only scorn for those who think that an advanced degree in Judaica or a large contribution in and of itself in some way elevates one Jew above another.
	www.forward.com /issues/2003/03.03.21/fast5.html (634 words)

	Definition of Rabbah
		Thus ''Genesis Rabbah'' is a book that compiles midrashim on the book o...
		10: The chief city of the country was [[Rabbah]] or Rabbath of the children of Ammon, i.e.
		The seventh day is called ''Hoshanah Rabbah'' and has a special observance of its own.
	www.wordiq.com /search/Rabbah.html (540 words)

	Search Results for Leviticus - Encyclopædia Britannica
		The cultic and priestly laws presented in Exodus are expanded to take up virtually the whole of Leviticus, the Latin Vulgate title for the third of the Five Books of Moses, which may be translated...
		In the final chapter of Leviticus (27), the P material is resumed with a presentation of the rules for the commutation of votive gifts and tithes.
		The English title is a translation of the Septuagint (Greek) title referring to the numbering of the tribes of Israel in chapters 1–4.
	www.britannica.com /search?miid=1187812&query=Leviticus (408 words)

	Sefer Vayikra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was the widespread belief that the wilderness was the habitat of demons (see Leviticus 17:7) and it would have seemed natural to banish sins back to their evil source.
		In fact, the name of the book, Leviticus, comes from the word Levite, a member of the tribe whose duties were to care for the Desert sanctuary and later the Temple in Jerusalem.
		Rashi, citing Midrash Sifra and Leviticus Rabbah 24:5, observes that the apparently redundant phrase of "the whole congregation of" in our verse teaches us that the this parashah was uttered in the presence of the whole congregation.
	home.btconnect.com /synagogue/vayikra.htm (14336 words)

	Best of The Melton Journal, The Melton Research Center for Jewish Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to the version of this story in Genesis Rabbah, R. Yohanan responded to Rabbi Levi's resolution of their difference of opinion by expressing the hope that his assistant would "deserve" to teach his own opinion when he became a full-fledged Darshan.
		The lively and dramatic inventiveness of the Darshan's homily was probably one of the main factors that contributed to its enormous popularity, particularly among the less academically inclined levels of society.
		It was apparently customary to conclude the homily on a note of hope, by mentioning the promise of the messianic age.
	www.jtsa.edu /davidson/melton/bestof/darshan.shtml (2648 words)

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		Although Rachel has been spared the pain of hunger, feeding the hungry is something real to her, so when she reads, "You shall not pick your vineyard bare or gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger" (Leviticus 19:10), she understands and she cares.
		Leviticus Rabbah 24:5 points out the similarities between K'doshim's commandments and the Decalogue.
		A midrash (Exodus Rabbah 5:9) tells us that God spoke to each person differently at Sinai, in a voice that was most appropriate for each one.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/sensor-21/mws/Mail/ar20030505/645 (1417 words)

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		Whether Jesus himself gave the combination of Deuteronomy 6.5 and Leviticus 19.18 or whether the lawyer did, as stated in Luke, others were making similar statements.
		In Leviticus Rabbah 24.5, Rabbi Levi taught that all the Torah is summarized in one chapter, Leviticus 19, and he shows how all of Exodus 20—the Ten Commandments—is included in this chapter.
		For example, in Genesis Rabbah 24, Rabbi Ben Azzai said that Genesis 5.1 “represents the encompassing principle of the Torah” [since it shows that all of humanity comes from a single progenitor].
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		I believe the redactor of Leviticus Rabbah, by juxtaposing these midrashim, is inducing us to understand that what Moses brought to the meeting with God on Sinai was his receptivity, his readiness to hear, to be spoken to.
		His receptivity was needed to draw God's acts at the Sea of Reeds and on Sinai and in the Tent of Meeting out of potential and into realization.
		Leviticus Rabbah teaches us that, if Moses had not existed, the Torah as we know it would not and could not have come into existence.
	www.forward.com /issues/2003/03.03.14/fast5.html (787 words)

	Leviticus Rabbah -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
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		Although Leviticus is basically a book of laws, it also contains some narrative (chapters 8–9, 10:1–7, 10:16–20, and 24:10–14).
		Amman is built on rolling hills at the eastern boundary of the 'Ajlun Mountains, on the small, partly perennial Wadi 'Amman and its tributaries.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article?tocId=9370110 (762 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Texts: Lost And Found: From Obsolete Ritual To Personal Responsibility
		(Rabbi Simchah Bunem of Przysucha on Leviticus 6:4, cited in Kol Simchah)
		In Leviticus Rabbah 7:6, Rabbi Levi is interested in the correlation between the impurity of our thoughts and the purity attained after such desires are raised upon the altar of conscious transformation.
		It's interesting to note that later in the parasha, before Moses inaugurated Aaron and his sons into the priesthood, he assembled the community, as God had commanded him.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /texts/Weekly_Torah_Commentary/tzav_uahc.htm (1315 words)

	l e a r n @ j t s PARASHAH Shemini 5760 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And fire came forth from the Lord and consumed them" (Leviticus 10:1-2)], perhaps the more compelling difficulty is in Aaron's response to this tragic loss: "vayidom Aharon" (and Aaron was silent).
		Quoting Leviticus Rabbah 12, a collection of rabbinic legends on Leviticus, Rashi writes, "He received a reward for his silence." Aaron's response is virtuous.
		Though this response may be difficult for us to comprehend, it does seem to fit with the literal meaning of the text.
	learn.jtsa.edu /topics/parashah/5760/shemini.shtml (861 words)

	Rabbinic preachers and their audiences in the amoraic midrashim Pesikta deRav Kahana and Leviticus Rabbah: The ...
		Rabbinic preachers and their audiences in the amoraic midrashim Pesikta deRav Kahana and Leviticus Rabbah: The development of homiletical midrash in its Late Antique historical-cultural context.
		This dissertation explores the homiletical character of the amoraic midrashic collections Pesikta deRav Kahana and Leviticus Rabbah (redacted circa fifth century C.E.) from two perspectives, that of history and that of rhetorical and literary theory.
		The historical argument is that these two midrashic collections represent a new more homiletical genre in the history of midrashic literature when compared to their more exegetical and intellectual tannaitic predecessors (redacted circa third century C.E.).
	repository.upenn.edu /dissertations/AAI3125779 (373 words)

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