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Shemini





SUMMARY


God Consecrated the Tabernacle

On the eighth day of the ceremony to ordain the came forth and consumed the ''korbanot'' on the Altar . (Lev. 9:23–24.) And the people shouted and fell on their faces. (Lev. 9:24.)


Nadab and Abihu

Acting on their own, Aaron’s sons and Ithamar not to mourn Nadab and Abihu and not to go outside the Tent of Meeting. (Lev. 10:6–7.)

And God told Aaron that he and his sons must not drink Wine or other Intoxicant s when they entered the Tent of Meeting, so as to distinguish between the sacred and the profane. (Lev. 10:8–11.)

Moses directed Aaron, Eleazar, and Ithamar to eat the remaining meal offering beside the altar, designating it most holy and the priests’ due. (Lev. 10:12–13.) And Moses told them that their families could eat the breast of the elevation offering and the thigh of the gift offering in any clean place. (Lev. 10:14.)

Then Moses inquired about the goat of sin offering, and was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar when he learned that it had already been burned and not eaten in the sacred area. (Lev. 10:16–18.) Aaron answered Moses: "See, this day they brought their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and such things have befallen me! Had I eaten sin offering today, would the Lord have approved?" (Lev. 10:19.) And when Moses heard this, he approved. (Lev. 10:20.)

Dietary Laws

God then instructed Moses and Aaron in the dietary laws of Kashrut (Lev. 11), saying: “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (Lev. 11:45.)


COMMANDMENTS

According to Maimonides and Sefer Ha-Chinuch , there are 6 positive and 11 negative Commandments in the parshah:
  • A Kohen must not enter the Temple with long Hair

  • A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothes

  • A Kohen must not leave the Temple during service

  • A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicated

  • To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between Kosher and non-kosher

  • Not to eat non-kosher animals

  • To examine the signs of Fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher

  • Not to eat non-kosher fish

  • Not to eat non-kosher Fowl

  • To examine the signs of Locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher

  • To observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight Insects

  • To observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid Food s

  • To observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast

  • Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land

  • Not to eat Worm s found in Fruit on the ground

  • Not to eat creatures that live in Water other than fish

  • Not to eat non-kosher maggots



HAFTARAH

The Haftarah for the parshah is:

When the parshah coincides with Shabbat Parah (as it does in 2005 and 2008), the haftarah is Ezekiel 36:16–38.


REFERENCES IN CLASSICAL SOURCES

The parshah has parallels or is discussed in these classical sources:


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