Rachel Hershberg

Rachel Hershberg has taught at a variety of Israeli midrashot and writes on Jewish and cultural topics. She lives in Beit Shemesh with her family.

In Print / Book Reviews

Making Vaykikra Accessible And Meaningful

By Rachel Hershberg

The author’s treatment of Yom Kippur is surprising. Rather than define the day in its more familiar sense, as a day of atonement, Rabbi Fohrman focuses on the language around the fact that Aharon’s sons die as a result of their sin at the beginning of the parsha.