Parsha 31 of 54 · Sefer Vayikra
One piece for each year. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 1 page
This week’s parsha, Emor, opens with the discussion of the rules applied to Kohanim. Later in the parsha we read about all the holidays and their laws, and sacrifices. The chronology of way the Torah lists the holidays is in order of how they occurred in…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 1 page
Why does the Torah seem to repeat itself with restating mitzvos that could have been or ought to have been covered earlier? The Haftora from Yechezkiel teaches us about hope. And repeating the intricate details of the rebuilding of the second Beis Hamikdash.…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha, Emor, the narrative seems to continue what we learned in Kedoshim. In Kedoshim, the theme was how all Jews have a path to holiness and what we need to do to stay on the path, which continues as the theme for Emor and the Kohanim. The first…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 2 pages
In this week’s Parsha, Emor, in addition to specific rules of Kohanim and their eligibility to serve in the Beis Hamikdash, the passages read on the holidays are written. Beginning in Perek 22 posuk 26, the portion “Shor O’Chesev” and ending Perek 23, we are…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
In this week’s Parsha, we have the Torah reading that is read on Succos and Pesach, the famous “Shor O Chesev”, beginning 22:27. The holidays are called Moadim, which means appointed times, from the word to stand, but it also has the root word Eid, meaning…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha is Emor, in which Moshe explains the laws of capital impurity for a Kohen and that these laws must be taught to their children. The parsha continues with the laws relating to what renders a Kohen pure, the types of marriage permissible to…
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