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Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36

“Global oil prices are soaring after yet another overnight bombing …” *Scroll.*

“Denmark has deployed troops to Greenland, in fear of a US invasion …” *Scroll.*

“ICE raid on Las Palmas in Brookline – three are sent to a detention facility.” *Click.*

“Polling shows that antisemitism in the US is at an all-time high.” *Scroll.*

“Settlers in the West Bank today …” *Tap.*

“The senator replied that the pre-emptive strike on Iran was necessary because there was an imminent threat …” *Click.*

“An inquiry into the DOJ’s release of the Epstein Files shows that …” *Scroll.*

“A Polymarket trader made $553,000 betting on the exact date of Ali Khameni’s death.” *Click.*

“Another strike on a Venezuelan boat in the Gulf of Mexico killed six men …” *Click.*

“Tucker Carlson said …” “Josh Fetterman was quoted …” “Chairman Jerome Powell explained …” “Summer Lee released a statement …” *Click.*

“The explosion in Central Beirut targeted …” *Scoll.*

“Police are investigating after a man was rushed to the hospital after having been shot in the abdomen in Homewood South on Wednesday.” *Click.*

“Measles is back in the news.” *Scroll.*

“The SAVE Act would require …” *Click.*

“A bill in Knesset would make praying at the Western Wall punishable with 7 years in prison.” *Scroll.*

“The Pentagon has requested an additional $200 billion for the war in Iran.” *Click.*

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“The fire on the altar shall forever be kindled; it shall not be extinguished.” (Leviticus 6:6)

“Rabbi Phineas in the name of Rabbi Simeon ben Laqish said: ‘The Torah which the Holy One, Praised Be, gave to Moses, was white fire engraved in black fire. It was fire mixed with fire; hewn from fire, given from fire.’” (Jerusalem Talmud Shekalim 6:1)

“There is a fire on which the offering is aflame, and it is in the heart of a person on account of the great inward awakenings of their soul.” (Sfat Emet, Tzav)

“There is a fire that consumes and it burns and devours, and upon it is a white fire.” (Zohar v.1 50b-51a)

“Oh, there is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out”
(The Smiths) PJC

Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman is rabbi of Brith Sholom in Erie, Pennsylvania, and associate rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom in Pittsburgh. This column is a service of the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish Clergy Association.