When any of you presents an offering of cattle to the eternal. The oldest name, perhaps, for vayikra is torat cohanim the law of the priests, since it describes the functions of the cohanim priests and the duties of the priestly nation. In chapter one of leviticus, god calls to moses from the tent of meeting, giving him the laws of the. This was brought by an individual who was repenting due to any wrong thoughts he may have had midrash tanchuma or a transgression of a specific kind of negative commandment. This exciting series allows each child in the family to participate in the experience of the weekly parsha torah readi. The eternal one called to moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying. Go up since for each aliya, one person goes up to make a bracha blessing on the torah reading. In jewish tradition, leviticus is sometimes called the book of sacrifices since it concerns the various offerings brought to the lord for sacrificial purposes in the mishkan tabernacle. Leviticus rabbah, vayikrah rabbah, or wayiqra rabbah is a homiletic midrash to the biblical book of leviticus vayikrah in hebrew. A cloud now covers the tent of appointed meeting, and the presence of the lord fills the tabernacle. Hebrew for and he called, the first word in the parashah is the 24th weekly torah portion, parashah in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the first in the book of leviticus. Parashat vayikra begins the torahs discussion of sacrificial law. Teaching for shabbat of march 28th, 2020 donate and support this ministry by clicking here torah. The hebrew name for leviticus is vayikra, from the opening word which means and he called.
The tentacles of sefer shemot in vayikra, bamidbar, and. The torah portion, vayikra, presents the laws of korbanot offerings, including the korban olah or burnt offerings. Once the chaos of creation cleared, day two brought on a new challenge. In this torah portion, god describes the laws of animal sacrifice. Vayikra 19 orthodox jewish bible ojb kedoshim 19 and hashem spoke unto moshe, saying, 2 speak unto kol adat bnei yisroel, and say unto them, ye shall be kedoshim holy ones. You shall choose your offering from the herd or from the flock. The first offering related in this weeks reading is known as the elevation offering vayikra 1.
God explains the different sacrifices that atone for guilt or sins, and distinguishes between sins committed. Plunge into the wild world of biblical sacrifice with the spiritual insight of maharat rachel kohl finegold, whose clear and inspiring explanation of animal sacrifice brings all the gory details to life. The book of leviticus is called vayikra and he called, after the first word of the book. God calls to moses, explain to the sons of israel the ways of bringing offerings to. Parshah vayikra with torah and haftarah video studies by. Over 40 percent of all of the torahs commandments are found in this central book of the. It is, therefore, also called the book of holiness. The torah states that of all the various kosher animals, only three kinds would be acceptable for sacrifice upon his altar. The name leviticus is derived from the septuagint greek translation of the hebrew scriptures. The narrative of the weekly torahportion in the perspective of our sages five vol. The shabbos torah reading is divided into 7 sections. Dvar torah questions and answers on vayikra questions. God explains the different sacrifices that atone for guilt or sins, and distinguishes between sins committed inadvertently and sins committed on purpose.
Notes of rmm kasher to midrash hagadol for other midrashic approaches to the small aleph. Vayikra is the book which discusses karbanot, whose purpose is to bring the people closer to hashem. Apparently hashems had a soft spot for salt since day two of creation. Moses has conducted a ceremony to anoint the tent of appointed meeting and the priests who will officiate in it. While it only takes a good set of priestly genes to be a kohain, qualifications for the position of kohain gadol high priest are a little more complicated. The hebrew noun olah means goes up because the priest would burn the offerings on the wood of the altar, the aroma would go up to be accepted by the lord. Do not presume that this just suddenly happened in a vacuum rather, it followed moshe calling out to hashem, whothen responded magnificently, adam ki yakriv.
The waters just ran rampant up in the heavens, down on earth, mixing and sloshing with no clear divide. Therefore, it uses the smaller alef to allude to the divine call that all a person has to do to be close to hashem is to make a small opening hashem will take care of the rest. Ever since then, it has been the job of the sanhedrin jewish supreme court to pick from the pool of available kohanim and choose the. The first kohain gadol, aharon, was appointed by his brother, moshe rabaynu as per hashems command. According to leopold zunz, hai gaon 9391038 and nissim knew and made use of it. Imagine the cita tion of a chapter from leviticus and one from. As a young man begins to learn how to learn, he almost immediately encounters the principles of interpretation. The hebrew bible reports several instances of sacrifices before god explicitly called for them in leviticus 17. Vayikra leviticus chapter 1 parshah vayikra tanakh. Christian clergy, knew of the talmud only through these unfortunate perversions and caricatures. Hebrew for and he called, the first word in the parsha is the 24th weekly torah portion in the annual cycle of torah readings and the original name for the book of leviticus. This shabbat, we begin the study of the third book of moses, which is called leviticus in english bibles.
The parashah lays out the laws of sacrifices, korbanot. Burton visotzky, scholarinresidence at beth israel washtenaw. The midrash says the book of vayikra, 3 by moshe weissman. Plunge into the wild world of biblical sacrifice with the spiritual insight of maharat rachel kohl finegold, whose clear and inspiring explanation of. Welcome to leviticus with parshat vayikra this is where things start to get kinda bloody. Zunz dates it to the middle of the 7th century, but the encyclopaedia judaica. The blind leading the lame ilana kurshan, jerusalem, author of if all the seas were ink, a memoir about talmud study forthcoming from st. I guess its no wonder that the weather channel is always wrong. The instructions for offering a oleh burnt offering fully consumed on the.
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