📜 Daily Chumash & Rashi Acharei Mos Kedoshim Sheiyni: The Avoda of Yom Kippur and Shechutei Chutz (Tuesday 4th Iyar)

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Sheiyni when connected to Kedoshim

  • The Cheliv of the Chatas is to be offered onto the altar.
  • The escort of the Azazal goat is to wash his clothing and immerse, prior to entering the camp.
  • The bull and goat Chatas are to be taken outside of the camp and burnt. The one who burns the bull/goat is to wash his clothing and immerse, prior to entering the camp.
  • Yom Kippur laws: The above Avoda is to be done in the 7th month, on the 10th day of the month. On this day everyone is to oppress himself. On this day no Melacha may be performed by anyone. On this day Hashem grants us atonement for our sins. It is a Shabbos of complete rest [i.e. Shabbos Shabbason], a day of oppression, forever. The Kohen Gadol is to perform the above service each year.

 Not to offer a sacrifice outside of the Temple:

  • One who does not bring the offering to the Temple, and rather slaughters it in the camp, or outside the camp, is liable for Kares. Since he did not bring the sacrifice before Hashem, in the Mishkan, it is considered like blood for that man. He has spilled blood and he shall be cut off from his people. The Jewish people are to bring the Karban to the Mishkan before Hashem, to the Kohen, and have it slaughtered there. The Kohen will sprinkle its blood and offer its fat as a satisfying aroma for Hashem. They shall no longer slaughter their sacrifices to the demons who they stray after. This is an eternal law for all generations.

📘 Rashi Q&A — Vayikra 16:25–34

 

16:25 — Burning the Fats

Q1. What does “וְאֵת חֵלֶב הַחַטָּאת” refer to?

A: The designated fat portions of both the sin‑offering bull and the sin‑offering goat.

 

Q2. On which Altar are these fats burned?

A: On the Outer Altar, since the Inner Altar may receive only incense.

 

16:26 — The One Who Sends the Goat

Q3. What must the man who sends the Azazel goat do afterward?

A: He must immerse his garments and immerse his body in a mikveh.

 

Q4. When may he reenter the camp?

A: After immersion.

 

16:27 — Burning the Inner Sin‑Offerings

Q5. Which animals are taken outside the camp to be burned?

A: The sin‑offering bull and the sin‑offering goat whose blood was brought into the Holy of Holies.

 

Q6. What parts of these animals are burned?

A: Their hides, flesh, and waste matter.

 

Q7. What does “אֲשֶׁר הוּבָא אֶת־דָּמָם” emphasize?

A: That their blood was brought into the Sanctuary, including the innermost chamber.

 

16:28 — The One Who Burns Them

Q8. What must the person who burns them do?

A: He must immerse his garments and immerse himself in a mikveh.

 

Q9. When may he reenter the camp?

A: After immersion.

 

16:29 — An Eternal Statute

Q10. What date is designated here?

A: The tenth day of the seventh month.

 

 

Q11. To whom does this statute apply?

A: To both the native Israelite and the convert living among them.

 

16:30 — Purpose of the Day

Q12. What does “לְטַהֵר אֶתְכֶם” mean?

A: God purifies Israel from all their sins before Him on this day.

 

16:31 — Complete Rest

Q13. What does “שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן” indicate?

A: A complete Sabbath of rest, with affliction.

 

16:32 — Who Performs the Service

Q14. What does “הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר־יִמְשַׁח” teach?

A: Only the High Priest may perform the Yom Kippur atonement service.

 

Q15. What does “וַאֲשֶׁר יְמַלֵּא אֶת־יָדוֹ” include?

A: A High Priest installed by wearing the garments alone, without anointing oil.

 

Q16. Why was this distinction necessary?

A: Because the anointing oil was hidden in the days of King Yoshiyahu.

 

Q17. What does “לְכַהֵן תַּחַת אָבִיו” teach?

A: A qualified son takes precedence to succeed his father as High Priest.

 

16:33 — Scope of Atonement

Q18. For whom does the High Priest effect atonement?

A:

  • The Holy of Holies
  • The Tent of Meeting
  • The Altar
  • The priests
  • All Israel

 

16:34 — Praise of Aaron

Q19. What does “וַיַּעַשׂ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה” teach?

A: Aaron performed the service in the correct order, even though God’s instructions were given in a different order.

 

Q20. What praise of Aaron does Rashi emphasize?

A: That Aaron wore the linen garments only to fulfill God’s command, not for personal honor.

 

 

📘 Rashi Q&A — Vayikra 17:1–7

 

17:3 — Slaughtering Animals

Q21. What animals are referred to by “שׁוֹר אוֹ־כֶשֶׂב”?

A: Consecrated animals, intended to be offered as sacrifices.

 

Q22. What does “בַּמַּחֲנֶה” mean here?

A: Outside the Courtyard, though still within the Israelite camp.

 

17:4 — Being Accounted as Bloodshed

Q23. What does “דָּם יֵחָשֵׁב” mean?

A: The act is considered like shedding human blood, which incurs the death penalty.

 

Q24. What does “דָּם שָׁפָךְ” add?

A: It includes one who dashes the blood outside the Courtyard.

 

17:5 — Purpose of the Prohibition

Q25. What practice is this law meant to prevent?

A: Israelites slaughtering sacrifices in the open field instead of bringing them to the Mishkan.

 

17:7 — Sacrifices to Demons

Q26. What are “שְׂעִירִים” according to Rashi?

A: Demons, as in “וּשְׂעִירִים יְרַקֵּדוּ שָׁם”.

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