An arsonist has set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an ...

Fire can be destructive, but it can also be used as a tool for creation. The Museum for Art in Wood ’s latest exhibition, ...

The Omer permits it to be eaten by everyone everywhere, and the offering of the two loaves permits it to be offered in the Temple. As the Mishna put it (Menachot 10:6): “The Omer permits in the ...

This Shabbat, we will read parashat “ Vayikra,” the first portion of the third book of the Torah – Leviticus. This portion, which commands the bringing of sacrifices, begins with the verse ...

David logically concluded that this would be the perfect place to build the temple, saying, “The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel” (1 Chron ...

Parashat Vayikra: Burnt offerings Some people have seen their homes consumed by fire or shattered by bombs, their loved ones taken captive or fallen in battle as a “kapparah,” giving their ...

The stunning city of Petra in Jordan was built by the Nabataeans with staggering sums from the luxury trade. Now the discovery of a faraway submerged altar temple shows the extent of its reach ...

World 2,600-year-old temple filled with ‘exotic offerings’ found in Greece. See its treasure By Moira Ritter January 12, 2024 1:18 PM ...

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a 2,700-year-old temple that houses a horseshoe-shaped altar overflowing with offerings.

Ancient Israelites’ burnt offerings, sin offerings, and peace offerings all involved the butchering of unblemished animals—bulls, sheep or goats, doves or pigeons, depending on the sacrifice.