Carol Berger

Voices of WRJ: Yom Rishon Shel Sukkot

Carol Berger

October 2, 2020

You shall live in booths seven days; all citizens in Israel shall live in booths in order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I The Eternal your God. (Leviticus 23:42..

Voices of WRJ

WRJ Voices: Sh'mini

Carol Berger

April 21, 2017

In this portion, Aaron and his sons begin to officiate as kohanim (priests). Aaron’s two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu offer “alien fire” to God, and God punishes them by killing them immediately. God forbids Moses and Aaron and Aaron’s surviving sons from...