APRIL 23-24, 2010
THE PARSHA PAGE
SOME LIGHT TORAH- Eliana Light
Parshat Kedoshim, one of
the two parshiot we read
this week, concerns itself
with holiness. The first
36 verses are called the
“holiness code.” It opens
with the law “You shall be
holy” and then continues
with many other laws of
various kinds. The order
is seemingly random, but
nothing is without reason in
the Torah. The last two laws
seem the most ill-paired:
A publication of Hillel at Brandeis
Editors: Chaya Bender, Brian Blumenthal
Contributors: Eliana Light, Samuel Thompson
ACHAREI MOT-KEDOSHIM
the first says “You shall not
falsify measures of length,
weight, or capacity,” and the
second is the declaration “I
am the Lord your God who
freed you from the land of
Egypt,” followed by a general
law to keep all the laws.
Why are honest weights
and measures followed by
a reminder of the Exodus?
In Egypt, the Israelites were
not free. They did not have
their own rules and always
This is the last Parsha Page of
the year. I hope that you have
enjoyed the wonderful Divrei
Torah by Eliana Light and
the hand-drawn cartoons by
Sam Thompson. I would like
to thank Eliana and Sam for
their wonderful contributions.
I would especially like to thank
Brian Blumenthal for his hard
work and dedication and for the
professional quality that he has
put into the Parsha Page this
year. This would not have been
possible without Brian! I hope
that everyone has a wonderful
Summer Vacation and that you
will continue to learn and grow
through your experiences at
Brandeis and beyond!
Also, please contact me at
hbend@brandeis.edu if you are
interested on working on the
Parsha Page next year!
Sincerely, Chaya Bender
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had to do what others told
them. Now, in the desert,
they are becoming a nation.
God took them out of Egypt
to become this nation. But
once they are out of Egypt,
they are in charge of the
rules. There are no Egyptians
to tell them what to do.
They could, technically,
make their own weights
and measures, but that is
not why they were freed.
The Exodus did not happen
‫קדושים‬-‫אחרי מות‬
Parsha Points
» Only the  Kohen Gadol (high
priest) can enter once a year,
on  Yom Kippur, the  inner
chamber in the Temple
» Lots are cast over two goats to
determine which will be offered
and which should be sent to
carry off the  sins  of  Israel  to
the wilderness
» Korbanot  (animal or meal
offerings) can only be offered in
the Temple
» It is forbidden to consume 
blood
» The details of the laws
prohibiting incest and other
sexual relations are listed
» LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF
so B'nai Yisrael could do
whatever they wanted, but
so they could create a God-
fearing, honest, and moral
society based on trust and
understanding. Just because
you may have the freedom
to do whatever you want,
it doesn’t mean you should
take advantage of it at the
expense of others. We all
live in this world together,
and what we do impacts
everyone else.
‫י׳ אייר תש״ע‬