Sometimes one short Torah portion can include the highs and the lows of ancient Jewish religion. Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) includes both timeless ethical maxims and offensive restrictions on personal freedom. Together we’ll discover how loving the stranger as oneself and prohibiting plowing a field with two kinds of seeds co-exist in the same "Holiness Code."

Rabbi Adam Chalom, Dean for North America of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism (www.iishj.org) and Rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation (www.kolhadash.com), leads the discussion.