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Tzav: The Uneasy Economics of Holiness

JL;DR SUMMARY Parshat Tzav delves into the uneasy marriage of economics and holiness by expanding on the Torah's guidance regarding the sustenance of Kohanim. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AtonementCommunityHolinessDependencySustainabilityCompensationKohenPriesthoodTzavSacred Duty

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Israel
"the sustainability and social contract underlying mass kollel support remains a source of significant friction in Israeli society."

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