Daily Chumash Wednesday Vayikra: The Shlomim sacrifice from cattle

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  1. The Shlomim sacrifice from cattle:
  • If one brings a Shlamim from cattle, it may be either male or female, although must be unblemished.
  • Semicha: One is to rest his hand on the head of his Karban, and it is to be slaughtered by the opening of the Ohel Moed.
  • Offering the animal: The Kohanim are to offer the blood of the animal onto the altar, all around. The fat that covers the innards is to be offered. The two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the diaphragm on the liver and kidneys is to be offered. It is to be offered over the Olah, which is on the wood that is on the fire.

  1. The Shlamim sacrifice from sheep:
  • If one brings a Shlamim from flock, it may be either male or female, although must be unblemished.
  • Semicha: If the offering is a sheep, he is to bring it before G-d and rest his hand on the head of the Karban, and it is to be slaughtered by the opening of the Ohel Moed.
  • Offering the animal: The Kohanim are to offer the blood of the animal onto the altar, all around. The entire tail, up until the kidneys, is to be offered, and the fat that covers the innards is to be offered. The two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the diaphragm on the liver and kidneys is to be offered.

  1. The Shlomim sacrifice from a goat:
  • If one brings a Shlamim from a goat he is to rest his hand on its head, and it is to be slaughtered by the opening of the Ohel Moed.
  • Offering the animal: The Kohanim are to offer the blood of the animal onto the altar, all around. The fat that covers the innards is to be offered. The two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the diaphragm on the liver and kidneys is to be offered.

  1. Prohibition of eating Chelev fat or blood:
  • It is an eternal decree for all generations that one may not eat any fat or blood.

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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