This week’s parsha is Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 16:1-20:27
| Acharei (16:1-18:30) – (After The Death): Haftorah: Amos 9:7-15 (Ashkenazi); Ezekiel 22:1-16 (Sephardi) |
| 16:1-5: The death of Aaron’s sons and the Yom Kippur service | 17:10-12: Prohibition against eating blood |
| 16:6-11: The lots | 17:13-16: Covering blood |
| 16:12-19: The incense service | 18:1-5: Forbidden practices and traditions |
| 16:20-22: The he-goat to Azazel | 18:6-20: Forbidden relationships |
| 16:23: Removal of the shovel and ladle | 18:21: Molech |
| 16:24-28: Conclusion of the service | 18:22-23: Sodomy and bestiality |
| 16:29-34: The eternal commandment of Yom Kippur | 18:24-30: The holiness of the land |
| 17:1-9: Service outside the Tabernacle |
| Kedoshim (19:1-20:27) – (Holy Ones): Haftorah: Ezekiel 22:1-16 (Ashkenazi); Ezekiel 20:2-20 (Sephardi) |
| 19:1-4: Holiness | 19:23-34: Fruit trees |
| 19:5-8: Piggul/Rejected offerings | 19:35-37: Weights and measures |
| 19:9-10: Gifts to the poor | 20:1-2: Punishments |
| 19:11-15: Honest dealings with others | 20:3-9: Molech |
| 19:16-18: Love your fellow | 20:10-21: Penalties for forbidden relationships |
| 19:19: Kil’ayim/Forbidden mixtures | 20:22-24: The land and immortality |
| 19:20-22: Shifchah charufah/Designated maidservant | 20:25-27: Holiness and kashrus |
D’var Torah: Being Holy and Staying Alive
Torah Pearls: Parsha Achrei Mot – Parsha Kedoshim
This week’s Haftarah is: Amos 9:7-15
Chapter 9:
God will not completely destroy the people of Israel but will leave a remnant. God declares that there will be a future redemption where all the people of Israel will once again return to the Land.