The census in Parshas Bamidbar recognizes each person as a unique, loved human being with value, dignity, and worth, each with a specific mission on earth.

Parshas Behar-Bechukotai teaches us that in business and personal relations, honesty and moral integrity based in holiness produces excellent results. Lying results in pain and suffering.

In Parshas Emor, devoted faithfulness to God’s moral law in the midst of mayhem is quite a test for the newly freed Israelites. Some embrace it; some accept parts of it, some reject it entirely.

Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim states clearly that the punishment for child sacrifice is the death penalty for Jews and non-Jews.

Parshas Tazria-Metzora identifies the symptoms of morally degraded human attitudes and the remediation efforts that restore cleanliness to our thoughts, words and deeds.

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 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.