A Whole Lotta Leviticus: Our Traditional (Untraditional) Torah Study for Season 7
Summary
In the season finale of Chutzpah!, hosts Rabbi Shira Stutman and Hannah Rosen share listener updates before diving into a Torah study of Leviticus. They explore the book’s legal structure, discussing laws on mixed fabrics, honest business practices, and the Hebrew concepts of purity versus proximity to death. The episode also addresses controversial verses on sexuality and concludes with a meditation on finding holiness in everyday life.
Topics discussed
Season 7 finale, donation request, and listener letters
Introduction to Leviticus: Structure and Priestly origins
Shatnez: The prohibition on mixed fabrics
Honest weights and measures in business
Prohibitions on divination and soothsaying
Honoring parents and the severity of insults
Incest laws and uncovering nakedness
Menstrual purity, Tameh, and the Mikvah
Homosexuality, Toevah, and modern interpretations
Living a holy life in the modern world
Closing meditation on small moments of holiness
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