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), ...

Kraven Rowry, co-founder of The Levites, recently joined Studio 512 to share an inspiring new project blending music and ...

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 ...

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This week’s Parasha, Tetzave, is the second of five Parshiyot that revolve around the construction of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness and deals with the special garments worn by the Priests during ...

In Parashat Naso, the sons of Kehat from the tribe of Levi are specifically commanded to carry the Ark of the Covenant on their shoulders, as it is written: “But to the sons of Kehat he gave none [of ...

or not the Levites were left with their eyebrows. The seeds of hazing are sown in this initiation.) Then you’re required to wash your own clothes and clean your newly hirsute-less self. One can not ...

In the previous two columns, I explained that in time of war for the defense of the Nation and the Land, members of the tribe of Levi enlisted and fought more than the other tribes. First, the Kohanim ...