parshat Vayikra
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What Do We Sacrifice? We would expect to read “when one of you offers a sacrifice.” Instead, it says “when one offers a sacrifice of you.” The essence of sacrifice is that we offer ourselves.
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Calling Moshe
What is the significance of this call? And why does it need to be made at all? After all, Moshe had already ascended the mountain of Sinai and been taught the Torah and its laws previous to this call. -
“I Swore to Tell the Truth”
In the midst of a parasha dealing with korbanot, it is strange to find the following pasuk: “Should a soul sin and hear the voice of a curse and he is a witness, either he saw or he knew, if he does not say, he will bear his sin”. -
The sacrifices
This week's parasha, This week's parasha, Vayikra, relates to the sacrifices that were offered in the Mishkan and later in the Beit Hamikdash.
