Post by alon on May 7, 2020 10:55:30 GMT -8
Name of Par’shah- 31.3 Emor- Speak
Par’shah- Lev 21:1–24:23
D’rash: Chs. 21, 22, and the first part of 24 contain instructions for cohanim. While these are not applicable today (until we have a Temple), they do contain many principles for those who wish to serve HaShem. These are always open for discussion, by the way.
Leviticus 22:20 (ESV)(P) You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. Offer only of your best to the Lord.
Leviticus 22:27-28 (ESV) (P) “When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord. But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep and her young in one day. Animals should be over 7 days old when killed, and no animal and its mother should be killed the same day.
In ch. 23 we get to the commanded moedim:
Leviticus 23:3 (ESV)“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places. Shabbat is again the first of the commanded moedim.
Leviticus 23:5-6 (ESV) In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight [between the two evenings], is the Lord's Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. Sets the dates and times for Pesach/Unleavened Bread. During this time we eat only unleavened bread, using no leavening agents.
Leviticus 23:7a (ESV) On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; The firsrt day of Pesach should include a holy convocation. We should celebrate it with believers.
Leviticus 23:7b, 8b (ESV) you shall not do any ordinary work. … On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.” The 1st and 7th days of Pesach are a Shabbat. We should do no ordinary work those days.
Leviticus 23:10-11 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. Waving the sheaf would probably only be commanded in ha’Eretz (Israel). However we should observe it also. The day of Firstfruits is extremely important to us as believers in Yeshua. This is the day our Lord rose from the grave, becoming our firstfruits of the resurrection.
Leviticus 23:14 (ESV) And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. This speaks of new grain products in Israel. However our harvest for barley and wheat where I am is not until late June through August. So we save some and wave it symbolically.
Leviticus 23:15 (ESV) “You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. We are to count the Omer 7 full weeks (49 days) from 16 Nissan.
Leviticus 23: (ESV) You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord. … And you shall make a proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations. The 50th day is Shavuot, a Shabbat, and a holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:22 (ESV) “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.” Tzedikah, charity is again commanded.
Leviticus 23:24-25 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord.” Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets. This is a Shabbat, and typically believers would get together and eat.
Leviticus 23:27-28,32 (ESV) “Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves [shall fast] and present a food offering to the Lord. And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. … It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves [shall fast]. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.” Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the calendar. The commandment is “the ninth day of the month beginning at evening,” which makes this the 10th of Tishri. It is a Shabbat. Moreover we are commanded to “afflict ourselves,” a Hebraism for fasting. There is some disagreement on what this means, however. Many Jews refrain from food and water, and Many Orthodox do not bathe either, while some say fasting means from food only. And the higher mitzvzh is that pregnant women and those with infirmities should eat only what is absolutely necessary to sustain their health. We should also give an offering on Yom Kippur.
Leviticus 23:34-35 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths [Tabernacles, Sukkoth] to the Lord. On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord." The law for Sukkoth, which starts the 15th of Tishri and lasts 7 days. The 1st day is a Shabbat and a holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:36 (ESV) On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work. Shemini Atzaret, the Eighth Day. This is a Shabbat and a holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:40-41 (ESV) And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Take up the Lulav and Etrog for the 7 days of Sukkoth.
Leviticus 23:42 (ESV) You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, We are to dwell in booths through the 7 days of Sukkoth.
While we cannot stone blasphemers today, we certainly can cut them off from our congregations.
Leviticus 24:16 (ESV)(P) Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
Leviticus 24:17 (ESV) “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. This is one our legal system (and we as voters) should push hard- the death penalty for murderers.
Leviticus 24:18 (ESV) Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life. Speaks of animals as property. Kill another's animal, you must replace it with one of at least equal value.
Leviticus 24:19-20 (ESV)(P) If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. In our legal system we must pay for injuries to others both with jail time and paying damages.
Par’shah- Lev 21:1–24:23
D’rash: Chs. 21, 22, and the first part of 24 contain instructions for cohanim. While these are not applicable today (until we have a Temple), they do contain many principles for those who wish to serve HaShem. These are always open for discussion, by the way.
Leviticus 22:20 (ESV)(P) You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. Offer only of your best to the Lord.
Leviticus 22:27-28 (ESV) (P) “When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord. But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep and her young in one day. Animals should be over 7 days old when killed, and no animal and its mother should be killed the same day.
In ch. 23 we get to the commanded moedim:
Leviticus 23:3 (ESV)“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places. Shabbat is again the first of the commanded moedim.
Leviticus 23:5-6 (ESV) In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight [between the two evenings], is the Lord's Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. Sets the dates and times for Pesach/Unleavened Bread. During this time we eat only unleavened bread, using no leavening agents.
Leviticus 23:7a (ESV) On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; The firsrt day of Pesach should include a holy convocation. We should celebrate it with believers.
Leviticus 23:7b, 8b (ESV) you shall not do any ordinary work. … On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.” The 1st and 7th days of Pesach are a Shabbat. We should do no ordinary work those days.
Leviticus 23:10-11 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. Waving the sheaf would probably only be commanded in ha’Eretz (Israel). However we should observe it also. The day of Firstfruits is extremely important to us as believers in Yeshua. This is the day our Lord rose from the grave, becoming our firstfruits of the resurrection.
Leviticus 23:14 (ESV) And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. This speaks of new grain products in Israel. However our harvest for barley and wheat where I am is not until late June through August. So we save some and wave it symbolically.
Leviticus 23:15 (ESV) “You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. We are to count the Omer 7 full weeks (49 days) from 16 Nissan.
Leviticus 23: (ESV) You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord. … And you shall make a proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations. The 50th day is Shavuot, a Shabbat, and a holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:22 (ESV) “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.” Tzedikah, charity is again commanded.
Leviticus 23:24-25 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord.” Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets. This is a Shabbat, and typically believers would get together and eat.
Leviticus 23:27-28,32 (ESV) “Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves [shall fast] and present a food offering to the Lord. And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. … It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves [shall fast]. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.” Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the calendar. The commandment is “the ninth day of the month beginning at evening,” which makes this the 10th of Tishri. It is a Shabbat. Moreover we are commanded to “afflict ourselves,” a Hebraism for fasting. There is some disagreement on what this means, however. Many Jews refrain from food and water, and Many Orthodox do not bathe either, while some say fasting means from food only. And the higher mitzvzh is that pregnant women and those with infirmities should eat only what is absolutely necessary to sustain their health. We should also give an offering on Yom Kippur.
Leviticus 23:34-35 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths [Tabernacles, Sukkoth] to the Lord. On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord." The law for Sukkoth, which starts the 15th of Tishri and lasts 7 days. The 1st day is a Shabbat and a holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:36 (ESV) On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work. Shemini Atzaret, the Eighth Day. This is a Shabbat and a holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:40-41 (ESV) And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Take up the Lulav and Etrog for the 7 days of Sukkoth.
Leviticus 23:42 (ESV) You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, We are to dwell in booths through the 7 days of Sukkoth.
While we cannot stone blasphemers today, we certainly can cut them off from our congregations.
Leviticus 24:16 (ESV)(P) Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
Leviticus 24:17 (ESV) “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. This is one our legal system (and we as voters) should push hard- the death penalty for murderers.
Leviticus 24:18 (ESV) Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life. Speaks of animals as property. Kill another's animal, you must replace it with one of at least equal value.
Leviticus 24:19-20 (ESV)(P) If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. In our legal system we must pay for injuries to others both with jail time and paying damages.