Daily Chumash Monday-Emor: A Kohen with a Mum or blemish

Sheiyni

1. Kohen with a Mum/blemish:
   • A Kohen with a Mum is invalid to serve in the Temple. He may however eat from the Kodshim.

• The following matters are defined as a Mum:
  • One who is blind.
  • One who is lame.
  • One who is disfigured.
  • One who has an enlarged limb.
  • One who has a broken leg.
  • One who has a broken arm.
  • Eye dysfunctions or disfigurations, such as unusual eyebrows, or a cataract, or a mixing in his eye.
  • One who has a Garav or Yalefes (different types of boils).
  • One who has crushed testicles.
• The Kohanim are warned not to desecrate the Kodshim of the Jewish people.

2. Impure Kohen:

• A Kohen who offers a Karban in a state of impurity receives Kares.
• If a Kohen is impure due to Tzaraas or Zav, he may not eat Kodshim until he becomes pure.
• One who touches one who is impure due to a corpse, or due to Shichvas Zera, or due to touching a creeping animal [i.e. a Sheretz], or an impure person, is considered impure and may not eat Kodshim until he immerses his flesh in a Mikveh. Only after the sun sets may he eat the Kodshim.
• He may not eat a Niveila or Treifa to become impure.

3. Non-Kohen eating Kodshim:

• A non-Kohen may not eat the Kodshim, including the worker of a Kohen. However, the slave and the members of the household of a Kohen may eat Kodesh.
• Kohenes: The daughter of a Kohen may not eat Kodshim if she marries a non-Kohen. If she gets divorced or widowed, and does not have children from him, she may eat Kodshim.
• If Zar ate Kodesh: If a non-Kohen accidentally ate Kodshim, he must pay a fine of 120% its value to the Kohen.