Parshas Shemini teaches us that clean dietary practices and the dirty business of child sacrifice do not mix. Abstaining from the blood in meat and indulging in shedding innocent blood in the womb are not compatible actions.

Passover promises rescue from slavery and death, a miraculous opportunity for life, freedom and spiritual fulfillment, initially appreciated and embraced, but soon squandered.

Parshas Tzav reveals the physical and spiritual integration needed to keep our inner fire burning for a holy way of life, a life that begins at conception and lasts until natural death.

Parshas Vayikra defines wrong actions and shows us how to receive God's mercy. Though agnosticism and situational ethics obscure moral clarity, leading to confusion and despair, healing and peace of mind can be restored.

As Israel wages a multi-front war to obtain peace, a war has been waging against Israel's babies in the womb since abortion was legalized in 1977.

Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei demands preserving human life in the womb even on the Sabbath. Denying the right to life of pre-born babies constitutes a serious breach of Jewish ethics and morals.

Ki Tisa shows us that we need a Father's tender mercies and the consolation of second and third chances to redeem ourselves along the way to God centered living.

Amalekite society was wholly corrupted with sin and evil and child sacrifice. They were beyond redemption and posed an existential threat to a new society of God centered people.

Looking deeper into Parshas Terumah, we recognize that the ultimate dwelling place of God is within each and every one of us where God's presence can inform our thoughts, words and actions.

In Parshas Mishpatim the conventional translation of Exodus 21:22-23 results in many Jewish generations lost. It calls into question the life affirming foundation of Judaism, posing a seemingly impossible moral dilemma.