Previous Y-chromosome studies have demonstrated that Ashkenazi Levites, members of a paternally inherited Jewish priestly caste, display a distinctive founder event within R1a, the most prevalent ...

Blessed is the all-Merciful One, Who gave the threefold Torah: Torah, Prophets, and Writings, to the three-fold nation: ...

A team of geneticists studying the ancestry of Jewish communities has found an unusual genetic signature that occurs in more than half the Levites of European descent. The gene is thought to have ...

The rabbinic tradition observed that the census in Numbers was rendered sacred because it was ordained by God himself, who ...

The system of firstborn rule is deeply rooted in the narrative of the Bible. Indeed, to this very day, kings in Europe and elsewhere are selected based on the firstborn system. This system was ...

A look at five updates to the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. The official Bible translation of the National Council of Churches, commonly used by academics and mainline Presbyterians ...

In case of abuse, Report this post. The incident of the Golden Calf, was the defining moment when the Levites demonstrated their deep commitment to the Jewish people. They were chosen to replace ...

At what age do Levites begin serving in the tabernacle? The early chapters of the book of Bamidbar provide contradictory answers to this seemingly straightforward question. In Parshat Naso (4:3), ...

What about the priesthood after Adam? Was there priesthood between Adam and Aaron and the Levites? The answer is yes. There are two main ideas that will help us see this, family, in particular ...

Many of those in the haredi community who refuse to serve in the IDF cite Maimonides (Rambam), who compares Torah scholars to Levites. Just as those who served the community in the Temple did not ...