Fwd: How to be Holy

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Date: Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 5:01 PM
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NEW! YUTorah Parsha Roundup for Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

To view this email as a web page, click here. Learn more and join now! Download the YUTorah in Print for Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 5786 9 pages of insights and inspiration from the parsha for your Shabbat enjoyment! Download Now See all previous editions of YUTorah in Print for Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim See all articles on YUTorah for Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim See all shiurim on YUTorah for Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim TOPICS IN PARSHAT ACHAREI MOT-KEDOSHIM The Overarching Theme of the Parsha How do the various parts fit together? Learn more The Avoda of Yom Kippur It's not Tishrei but the lessons of Yom Kippur are still important at this time. Learn more Restrictions on Entering the Temple The lessons of restraint and appreciating kedusha Learn more The Laws of Forbidden Relations The Torah expects our lives to be holy in all our ways. Learn more Understanding Holiness What does it mean to be holy? Learn more The Mitzvot Bein Adam L'Chavero How does being nice to others make you holy? Learn more The Kedusha of the Land of Israel What is so unique about Eretz Yisrael? Learn more The Mitzvah of Rebuke How do you tell someone they are doing something wrong without it backfiring? Learn more Halacha from the Parsha Eating before Davening, Lifnei Iver, Honoring Parents, and more! Learn more More Topics in Parshat Acharei Mot Molech • Sexual Morality • The Death of Nadav V'Avihu • The Kodesh Kedoshim • The Niddah • The Prohibition to Eat Blood • The Se'ir Hamishtaleach More Topics in Parshat Kedoshim Chukot Hagoyim • Jewish Morality • Jewish Unity • Kibud Av V'em • Lifnei Iver • Lo Taamod al Dam Reyecha • Loving the Stranger • Naval B'reshut HaTorah • Orla • Respecting Elders • Sexual Morality • Chukim • The Importance of Proper Speech • Idol Worship • Revenge • V'ahavta L'reyecha Kamocha QUICK INSPIRATION FROM THE PARSHA (10 MINUTES OR LESS) Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Abramovitz: Stealing as a Joke? Not Funny! Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: Bad Advice for the Greater Good Rabbi Noach Goldstein: Everyone Can Be Like the Kohen Gadol Rabbi Jonathan Green: Am I so upset about that scratch? Rabbi Jonathan Kaplan: Sanctifying Life Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg: Loving Hashem’s Children Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: Kedusha: Achieveable for Everyone Rabbi Natan Siegel: Working on Veahavta Lereacha Kamocha Rabbi Yehuda Turetsky: What’s More Important—Bein Adam LaMakom or Bein Adam LaChaveiro? QUICK READS FROM THE PARSHA Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein: Subjects and Objects Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: In Defense of Jerusalem Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald: Beards and Payos Rabbi Shmaya Hendel: What Does i tMean to be Kadosh? Mrs. Michal Horowitz: Loving Another Like Yourself Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Love Isn't Enough Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: Holiness Begins With Honesty Daf Yomi |  Mishna Yomi |  Support YUTorah The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah Website is a project of Yeshiva University. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) 515 West 185th St. New York, NY 10033 To continue receiving RIETS emails, please subscribe to the RIETS option in the Manage My Subscription form