Mark S. Shapiro

Thinking About a Slaughterhouse and a Barbecue

D'Var Torah By: Mark S. Shapiro

Here are some thoughts on Parashat Vayikra. Nehama Leibowitz says that the laws of offering sacrifices, with which this portion is filled, are like a "sealed book to us: we comprehend neither their basic meaning nor the purport of their rules and regulations." (New Studies in Vayikra, p.