In this third of five Parsha Companions, Rabbi
David Fohrman asks questions that, in hindsight,
seem like they were staring you in the face the
whole time. He discerns nuance. He detects
patterns in the original Hebrew that once you
see them - seem to leap off the page. And he
shows how many of these discoveries, astound-
ingly, aren't really "new" at all, but were sug-
gested thousands of years ago by the ancient
sages of the Talmud and Midrash themselves.Underneath Rabbi Fohrman's approach to bib-
lical text lies a simple conviction: inasmuch as
reading a book is like having a conversation
with its author, reading the Bible is like having
a conversation with our Creator. When we read
the Torah, therefore, we should do it the way
we should converse with those who are deeply
important to us: stop talking so much; slow
down... and just listen.In Leviticus: A Parsha Companion, Rabbi Fohr-
man helps the reader really listen to the Torah -
carefully, lovingly, and attentively. The reader's
reward is the chance to perceive the richness
in the Torah many of us had never imagined
was there, and to be touched deeply by a close
encounter with the words or our Maker.