📜 Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Emor Chamishi: The Holidays

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Chamishi

  • Rosh Hashanah: On the first of the seventh month [i.e. Tishreiy] one is to rest, it is to be a day of remembrance of the Shofar, a calling of holiness. One is not to perform any laborious activity, and Karbanos are to be brought before Hashem.
  • Yom Kippur: The 10th day of the month is a day of atonement. It is a day of holiness for you and you shall oppress your soul and bring an offering to Hashem. You shall not perform any work on this day, as it is a day of atonement for Hashem to atone for you. Any soul who does not fast on this very day will be cut off from his people. Any soul who performs Melacha on this day, I will destroy him from amongst his people. One may not do any work for all generations, in all your settlements. It is a day of complete rest, and you shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month, from evening to evening, you shall rest on that day.

📘 Rashi Q&A — Vayikra 23:23–32

 

23:24 — Remembrance of the Shofar

Q1. What is meant by “זִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה”?

A: It refers not to the physical blowing of the shofar itself, but to the remembrance achieved through verses of remembrance and shofar, which recall the merit of the binding of Isaac, when a ram was offered in his place.

 

23:25 — Fire‑Offering

Q2. What does “וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה” refer to?

A: The additional offerings (musaf) prescribed in the Book of Numbers.

 

23:27 — Day of Atonement

Q3. What does the word “אַךְ” teach here?

A: Every instance of אַךְ implies limitation; here it teaches that Yom Kippur atones only for those who repent, not for those who do not.

 

Q4. What must be done on Yom Kippur besides affliction?

A: One must offer a fire‑offering to God.

 

23:28 — No Work on Yom Kippur

Q5. Why is work forbidden on this day?

A: Because it is designated solely for atonement before God.

 

23:29 — Neglecting Affliction

Q6. What punishment applies to one who does not afflict himself?

A: He is cut off (excision) from among his people.

 

23:30 — Performing Work

Q7. What does “וְהַאֲבַדְתִּי” teach about excision?

A: It clarifies that excision means destruction, resolving ambiguity about its nature elsewhere in the Torah.

 

23:31 — Repetition of Work Prohibition

Q8. Why is the prohibition against work repeated?

A:

  • Either to make one liable for multiple prohibitions, or
  • To teach that work is forbidden at night as well as during the day.

 

23:32 — Complete Day of Rest

Q9. What does “שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן” indicate?

A: A complete and total rest day.

 

Q10. From when until when is Yom Kippur observed?

A: From the late afternoon of the ninth day until the end of the following afternoon, i.e., from evening to evening.

 

 

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