Zoom 100%Zoom 150%

Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Emor / Speak - this week’s Torah reading

Prophecy 13, 81, 99;
Leviticus 21:1-24:23;
Ezekiel 44:15-31;
Matthew 26:59-66;

Leviticus 21:1-24:23

1 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and you shall say to them, None shall be defiled for the dead among his people.
2 But for his relative who is near to him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
3 and for his sister, the virgin, who is near to him, who has not been with a man, for her he may be defiled.
4 A leader shall not defile himself among his people, to pollute himself;
5 they shall not make their heads bald, and they shall not shave the corner of their beard1; and they shall not make a cutting in their flesh; 6 they are holy to their Elohim, and they shall not pollute the name of their Elohim. For they offer the fire offerings of YAHUVEH, bread of their Elohim, and they are holy.
6 They shall not take a woman who is a harlot, or polluted; nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his Elohim.
7 And you shall sanctify him, for he brings near the bread of your Elohim; he is holy to you; for I am holy, YAHUVEH who is sanctifying you.
8 And when a daughter of any priest pollutes herself by going whoring, she is polluting her father; she shall be burned with fire.
9 And the high priest of his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, and whose hand is consecrated to put on the garments, his head shall not be bared3, nor his garments torn;
10 nor shall he come near any dead person; he shall not defile himself for his father or for his mother;
11 nor shall he go out from the sanctuary; nor shall he pollute the sanctuary of his Elohim. For the crown of the anointing oil of his Elohim is on him; I am YAHUVEH.
12 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
13 He shall not take a widow, or one divorced, or a polluted one, a harlot, but he shall take a virgin of his own people for a wife;
14 and he shall not pollute his seed among his people; for I am YAHUVEH who sanctifies him.
15 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
16 Speak to Aaron, saying, No man of your seed throughout their generations shall draw near to offer the bread of his Elohim if there is a blemish in him.
17 For no man in whom there is a blemish shall draw near, a blind man, or one lame, or disfigured, or deformed;
18 or a broken footed man, or a broken handed man,
19 or one humpbacked, or a crushed one, or with a spot in his eye, or a scurvy one, or one scabbed, or one with crushed testicles.
20 No man of the seed of Aaron the priest in whom there is a blemish shall come near to offer the fire offerings of YAHUVEH; a blemish is in him; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his Elohim.
21 He shall eat of the bread of his Elohim, of the most holy things, and of the holy things.
22 But he shall not enter into the veil, and he shall not draw near to the altar; for a blemish is in him; and he shall not pollute My sanctuary; for I am YAHUVEH who sanctifies them.
23 And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel.

Chapter 22

1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, that they set themselves apart4 from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and that they do not profane My holy name in what they devote to Me; I am YAHUVEH.
3 Say to them, Out of all your seed throughout your generations, any man who draws near to the holy things which the sons of Israel set apart to YAHUVEH, and his uncleanness being upon him, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am YAHUVEH.
4 Any man of the seed of Aaron that is leprous or has an issue, he shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. And he who touches any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose semen has gone out of him;
5 or a man who touches any swarming thing which is unclean to him, or touches a man who is unclean to him, by any of his uncleanness,
6 the person who touches it shall even be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, but shall bathe his flesh with water.
7 And when the sun goes in, he shall be clean, and afterwards he shall eat of the holy things, for it is his food;
8 he shall not eat a dead body or torn thing, for it is unclean; I am YAHUVEH.
9 And they shall keep My charge, and shall bear no sin for it, that they may not die for it when they pollute it; I am YAHUVEH, who is sanctifying them.
10 And no stranger shall eat of the holy things, a tenant of a priest, or a hired servant; these shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 And if a priest buys a person, the purchase of his silver, he shall eat of it; also one born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.
12 And a priest's daughter, when she belongs to an alien man, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things. (2 Cor6:14-18)
13 But a priest's daughter, when she is a widow, or divorced, and has no seed, and has turned back to her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread. But no stranger shall eat of it.
14 And if a man shall eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he shall add the fifth part of it, and shall give it to the priest along with the holy thing.
15 And they shall not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel, that which they lift up to YAHUVEH;
16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity of the guilt offering in their eating their holy things. For I am YAHUVEH who sanctifies them.
17 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
18 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, Any man of the house of Israel, or of the aliens in Israel, who brings near his offering, of all his vows, or of all his freewill offerings which they bring near to YAHUVEH for a burnt offering;
19 at your own will a male, without blemish, of the oxen, of the sheep, or of the goats may be offered.
20 You shall not offer that which has a blemish; for it shall not be acceptable for you.
21 And when a man brings near a sacrifice of peace offerings to YAHUVEH, to complete a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be without blemish to be accepted; no blemish shall be in it;
22 blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a flow, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not bring these near to YAHUVEH; and you shall not make of them a fire offering on the altar to YAHUVEH.
23 As to an ox or a sheep deformed, or dwarfed, you shall make it a freewill offering; but it is not acceptable for a vow.
24 As to anything bruised, or beaten, or torn, or cut, you shall not bring it near to YAHUVEH; even you shall not do it in your land.
25 And you shall not bring near the bread of your Elohim from the hand of a son of a stranger, or any of these, for their corruption is in them; they are blemished; they are not acceptable for you.
26 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
27 When an ox, or lamb, or goat is born, and when it has been seven days under its mother, then from the eighth day and onward it is acceptable for an offering, a fire offering to YAHUVEH;
28 but an ox or sheep, it and its young one, you shall not slaughter in one day.
29 And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to YAHUVEH, you shall sacrifice it of your free will;
30 it shall be eaten on that day; you shall not leave any of it until morning; I am YAHUVEH.
31 And you shall keep My commandments and shall do them; I am YAHUVEH.
32 And you shall not profane My holy name, and I shall be counted holy among the sons of Israel; I am YAHUVEH, who is sanctifying you, 33 who is bringing you up out of the land of Egypt, to become your Elohim; I am YAHUVEH.

Chapter 23

1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, The set feasts of YAHUVEH which you shall proclaim as holy gatherings, shall be these: These are My appointed feasts:
3 Work is to be done six days, and on the seventh day shall be a Sabbath of rest, a holy gathering; you shall do no work; it is a Sabbath to YAHUVEH in all your dwellings.
4 These are appointed times of YAHUVEH, holy gatherings which you shall proclaim in their appointed seasons2:
5 In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings is the Passover to YAHUVEH.
6 And on the fifteenth day of this month is the Feast of Unleavened to YAHUVEH; you shall eat unleavened things seven days.
7 On the first day you shall have a holy gathering; you shall do no laborious work;
8 and you shall bring near a fire offering to YAHUVEH seven days; and the seventh day shall be a holy gathering; you shall do no laborious work.
9 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
10 Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you come in to the land which I am giving to you, and have reaped its harvest, and have brought in the Omer, of the first-fruits of your harvest, to the priest,
11 then he shall wave the Omer before YAHUVEH for your acceptance4; on the morrow of the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
12 And you shall prepare a lamb in the day you wave the Omer, one without blemish, a son of a year, for a burnt offering to YAHUVEH.
13 And its grain offering1 shall be two tenths part of flour2 mixed with oil, a fire offering to YAHUVEH, a sweet fragrance; and its drink offering, a fourth of a hin of wine.
14 And you shall not eat bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh ears3, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your Elohim; it is a never ending statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
15 And you shall number to you from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring in the omer of the wave offering; they shall be seven complete Sabbaths;
16 to the next day after the seventh Sabbath, you shall number fifty days; and you shall bring near a new food offering to YAHUVEH;
17 you shall bring in bread out of your dwellings for a wave offering, two loaves; they shall be of two tenth ephah of flour; they shall be baked with leaven; first-fruits to YAHUVEH
18 And besides the bread, you shall offer seven lambs, without blemish, sons of a year, and one bull, a son of the herd, and two rams; they are a burnt offering to YAHUVEH, with their food offering and their drink offerings, a fire offering of soothing fragrance to YAHUVEH.
19 And you shall offer one he-goat for a sin offering, and two lambs, sons of a year, for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 And the priest shall wave them, besides the bread of the first-fruits, a wave offering before YAHUVEH, besides the two lambs; they are holy to YAHUVEH for the priest.
21 And you shall make a proclamation on this same day; it is a holy gathering to you. You shall do no laborious work of service. It is a never ending statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22 And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap the corner of your field, nor shall you gather the gleaning of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor, and for the alien: I am YAHUVEH your Elohim. (Lev 19:9-10)
23 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
24 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first of the month, a Holy Day Sabbath shall be to you, a memorial acclamation of the resounding of trumpets, a holy gathering.
25 You shall do no laborious work and you shall bring a fire offering to YAHUVEH.
26 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses saying,
27 Also, on the tenth of this seventh month shall be a day of atonement; there shall be a holy gathering, and you shall humble and weaken your bodies and shall bring a fire offering to YAHUVEH. (Is 58:3,5)
28 And you shall do no work in this same day, for it is a day of atonement, to atone for you before YAHUVEH your Elohim.
29 For any person who is not humbled in this same day shall be cut off from his people.
30 And any person who does any work in this same day, I shall even cut off that person from the midst of his people.
31 You shall do no work; it is a never ending statute throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.
32 It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall humble your souls in the ninth of the month at evening; from evening until evening you shall keep1 your Sabbath2.
33 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
34 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be a Feast of Booths, seven days to YAHUVEH.
35 On the first day shall be a holy gathering; you shall do no laborious work.
36 Seven days you shall bring a fire offering to YAHUVEH; on the eighth day you shall have a holy gathering; and you shall bring the fire offering to YAHUVEH; it is a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work of service.
37 These are the set feasts of YAHUVEH which you shall proclaim, holy gatherings, to bring a fire offering to YAHUVEH, a burnt offering, and a food offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, the thing of a day on its own day;3
38 besides the Sabbaths of YAHUVEH, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you shall give to YAHUVEH.
39 Also, in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather the increase of the land4, you shall keep the feast of YAHUVEH seven days; on the first day a Holy Day Sabbath, and on the eighth day a Holy Day Sabbath5. (Ex 23:16)
40 And you shall take to yourselves on the first day the fruit of majestic trees6, palm branches, and boughs of thick oak trees, and willows of the valley,7 and shall rejoice before YAHUVEH your Elohim seven days.
41 And you shall celebrate it a feast to YAHUVEH, seven days in a year, a never ending statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month you shall keep it.
42 You shall sit in Sookkuhs for seven days; all who are native in Israel shall sit down in Sookkuhs,
43 so that your generations shall know that I caused the sons of Israel to live in Sookkuhs, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am YAHUVEH your Elohim.
44 And Moses declared the appointed feasts of YAHUVEH to the sons of Israel.

Chapter 24

1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Command the sons of Israel, and they shall bring to you pure olive oil, beaten, for the light, to cause a light to burn continually.
3 Outside the veil of the testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening until morning before YAHUVEH continually, a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
4 He shall arrange the lamps on the pure gold Menorah before YAHUVEH continually.
5 And you shall take flour, and shall bake twelve cakes with it; two tenths shall be in the one cake.
6 And you shall set them in two rows, six on a row on the pure gold table before YAHUVEH.
7 And you shall put pure frankincense on the row, and it shall be the bread of a memorial, a fire offering to YAHUVEH.
8 On each Sabbath day he shall arrange it before YAHUVEH continually, from the sons of Israel, a never ending covenant.
9 And it shall belong to Aaron and to his sons, and they shall eat it in the sanctuary, for it is most holy to him, from the fire offerings of YAHUVEH, a never ending statute.
10 And the son of an Israelite woman, and he was a son of an Egyptian man, went out among the sons of Israel. And the son of the woman of Israel and a man of Israel fought together in the camp.
11 And the son of the woman of Israel blasphemed the Name of YAHUVEH, and cursed. And they brought him in to Moses; and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
12 And they put him under guard, that it might be declared to them at the mouth of YAHUVEH.
13 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
14 Bring out the reviler to the outside of the camp. And all those who heard shall lay their hands on his head, and all the congregation shall stone him.
15 And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, When any man curses his Elohim, then he shall bear his sin.
16 And he who blasphemes the name of YAHUVEH surely shall die. All the congregation shall certainly cast stones at him. As to the alien, so to a native, when he blasphemes the Name, he shall be executed.
17 And a man, when he strikes the life from any man, he shall surely be executed.
18 And he who smites an animal to death shall make it good, body for body.
19 And when a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so it shall be done to him;
20 break for break, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has given a blemish to be in a man, so it shall be done to him.
21 And he who smites an animal to death shall repay it; and he who smites a man to death shall be put to death.
22 One judgment shall be for you whether an alien or a native; for I am YAHUVEH your Elohim.
23 And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the reviler to the outside of the camp and stoned him with stones. And the sons of Israel did as YAHUVEH had commanded Moses.