Emor: Intimacy and Serving as a Priestly Remnant

Emor: Intimacy and Serving as a Priestly Remnant Rabbi Dr. Joshua Brumbach May 2, 2026As we enter Elul, we're using this season of preparation to catch up on messages from the past few months, works we don't want anyone to miss before the High Holidays.What if holiness isn't about distance from people, but closeness to God?This week Rabbi Brumbach digs into the Hebrew behind "they shall be holy" and finds something surprising: the priests weren't set apart to stand back, they were set apart to draw near. He traces that idea of closeness through the word for sacrifice, the Akedah, and into what it means for all of us today, as a "royal priesthood," to actually live out our faith instead of just talking about it.For more information visit www. simchatyisrael.org