Article: The blood is the soul

Moshe Kohn
Jerusalem Post
04-06-2001
Headline: The blood is the soul
Byline: Moshe Kohn
Edition; In Jerusalem
Section: Features
Page: 09

Friday, April 6, 2001 -- THE Torah repeatedly seeks to wean us humans from our primal bloodthirstiness.

In this sidra God continues to instruct Moses regarding the sacrificial rites to be conducted in the Mishkan, about which Moses is to instruct the first kohanim/priests, Aaron and his sons.

Some of the offerings are burned entirely, and some of them also provide food for the ministering kohanim.

Where the animal sacrifices are concerned (there are also meal and incense offerings), the Torah sternly bans the eating of the fat and blood. In this sidra we read ...

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