A Parsha Companion - Leviticus
In this third of five Parsha Companions, RabbiDavid Fohrman asks questions that, in hindsight,seem like they were staring you in the face thewhole time. He discerns nuance. He detectspatterns in the original Hebrew that once yousee them - seem to leap off the page. And heshows how many of these discoveries, astound-ingly, aren't really "new" at all, but were sug-gested thousands of years ago by the ancientsages of the Talmud and Midrash themselves.Underneath Rabbi Fohrman's approach to bib-lical text lies a simple conviction: inasmuch asreading a book is like having a conversationwith its author, reading the Bible is like havinga conversation with our Creator. When we readthe Torah, therefore, we should do it the waywe should converse with those who are deeplyimportant to us: stop talking so much; slowdown... and just listen.In Leviticus: A Parsha Companion, Rabbi Fohr-man helps the reader really listen to the Torah -carefully, lovingly, and attentively. The reader'sreward is the chanc