Editor's note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the Ceremony of the Red Heifer. Read Part 2 here: "Black Elk, White Buffalo Woman and the mystery of the red heifer ceremony." The parah adumah, ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Organizers said the ceremony must be performed before the Jewish Temple can be rebuilt in Jerusalem, ushering in a messianic age of peace. JERUSALEM (RNS) — For years, Texas ...

What connection could there be between the commandment of the red heifer—one of the most mysterious commandments in the Torah, about which we read on Shabbat—and the moral and political challenges of ...

Editor's note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on the Ceremony of the Red Heifer. Read Part 1 here: "With the red heifer ceremony, God purifies the people through the earth." With the red heifer ...