Articles by Ed

An eye for an eye

Tooth for tooth.  What does it mean?

Fair compensation

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Some people focus

On Lev. 18:22

That is a mistake

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Lots of Torah laws

Are looked at diff’rently now

We don’t enforce them

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Remember that gays

Created in G-d’s image

Should not be condemned

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Our Reform Movement

Teaches that gay, straight or bi

Are treated the same

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The lesbian Rav

Marries two gay Jewish men

And we say: “Zeh Tov”*

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Is this the Torah

Or a medical handbook

For the priests to use?

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G-d provides guidelines

For the people to become

Ritually clean

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Don’t eat these creatures:

Hoopoe, ibis, ossifrage

Hyrax or osprey

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Never heard of them?

Just click on the names to read

Wikipedia

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Moses demonstrates

G-d’s rules for sacrifices

And ordains the priests

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Now the work begins

For Aaron and all the priests

G-d describes their jobs

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