This week’s parsha, like much of Leviticus, deals with boundaries: what is pure or impure for a priest; whom a cohen can marry; which animals are fit for sacrifice and which are not. We have a religious tradition that is very concerned with boundaries. Every culture and group has them. Boundaries are one of the [...]
Parashat Ki Tetze 5770 Having young children in your home at times feels like being the anthropologist living among warring tribes of ruthless Ya̧nomamö warriors. Take my two year-old twins (please). I like to observe Hannah and Micah when they don’t think I’m watching. It’s interesting to see how they figure out problems together (like [...]
Parashat Behar-Behukotai 5769 – May 16, 2009 “Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land” The Jubilee year of which our Torah speaks teaches us that human dignity and the rule of law must take precedents over property rights. “Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof” Lev. XXV X This quote, found on the [...]
Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald has served as the Associate Rabbi of Congregation HEA in Denver, CO since his ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2008. He also serves as a volunteer chaplain with the Denver Police Department. He and his spouse, Melanie Gruenwald, have three children.
