📜 Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Emor Shelishi: Laws of Karbanos

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Shelishi

  1. Laws of Karbanos:
  • An Olah voluntary offering: Any Jew may volunteer to bring a Neder or Nedava Olah offering to Hashem. It is to be an unblemished male, either a male cow, sheep or goat. The Karban may not have a Mum.
  • Blemishes: The following matters are defined as a Mum:
    • The animal is blind
    • The animal is broken
    • The animal has a cut eyelid
    • The animal has a wart.
    • The animal has a limp
    • The animal has an enlarged limb.
    • The animal has crushed or destroyed reproduction organs.
  • It is forbidden to castrate any animal.
  • You shall not take a Karban from a stranger, it will likely have a Mum.
  • Slaughtering after 8 days: When an ox, sheep, or goat, gives birth, the baby is to be with its mother for seven days. The animal may be offered from the 8th day and onwards.
  • Mother and child: One may not slaughter a mother and child of an ox or sheep on the same day.
  • Nosar: One may not leave the meat of the Karban over until morning.

 

  1. Mitzvah of Kiddush Hashem:
  • Do not desecrate Hashem’s name, and you are to sanctify Hashem amongst the Jewish people.

📘 Rashi Q&A — Vayikra 22:17–33

 

22:18 — Vows and Dedications

Q1. What is meant by “נִדְרֵיהֶם” (their vows)?

A: Where one says: “I take upon myself to bring a sacrifice.”

Q2. What is meant by “נִדְבוֹתָם” (their dedications)?

A: Where one says: “This animal will be a sacrifice.”

 

22:19 — Acceptance of the Offering

Q3. What does “לִרְצֹנְכֶם” mean?

A: Bring something fit to appease God and attain acceptance on your behalf.

Q4. Which offerings must be “תָּמִים זָכָר”?

A: An animal ascent‑offering from cattle, sheep, or goats.

Q5. Is this requirement true for bird ascent‑offerings?

A: No. A bird need not be male or unblemished; only a missing limb disqualifies it.

 

22:20 — A Blemished Animal

Q6. Why may a blemished animal not be offered?

A: Because it cannot attain acceptance before God.

 

22:21 — Peace‑Offerings

Q7. What does “לְפַלֵּא־נֶדֶר” mean?

A: To separate an animal through verbal articulation of a vow.

Q8. What condition is repeated here for peace‑offerings?

A: To attain acceptance, the animal must be unblemished.

 

 

 

 

22:22 — Disqualifying Blemishes

Q9. What does “עַוֶּרֶת” mean?

A: The defect of blindness, expressed as a feminine noun.

Q10. What does “שָׁבוּר” mean?

A: The animal has a broken bone.

Q11. What does “חָרוּץ” describe?

A: A split or damaged eyelid or lip.

Q12. What is “יַבֶּלֶת”?

A: A wart.

Q13. What are “גָּרָב” and “יַלֶּפֶת”?

A: Two types of boils; יַלֶּפֶת clings to the body with no cure.

Q14. Why is “לֹא תַקְרִיבוּ” stated three times?

A: To prohibit

  1. consecrating,
  2. slaughtering, and
  3. dashing the blood of such animals.

Q15. What does “וְאִשֶּׁה לֹא תִתְּנוּ” prohibit?

A: Burning such blemished animals on the Altar.

 

22:23 — Dedication vs. Vow

Q16. What does “שָׂרוּעַ” mean here?

A: One limb is longer or larger than its counterpart.

Q17. What does “וְקָלוּט” mean?

A: The animal’s hooves are joined.

Q18. For what may such an animal be used?

A: As a dedication for Temple upkeep.

Q19. For what may it NOT be used?

A: It may not be used for a vow, i.e., for the Altar.

 

22:24 — Castrated Animals

Q20. What is meant by “מָעוּךְ”?

A: The testicles were squashed by hand.

Q21. What is “כָתוּת”?

A: More severely crushed.

Q22. What is “נָתוּק”?

A: The testicles were detached from the ducts but still in the scrotum.

Q23. What is “כָרוּת”?

A: They were severed by an instrument.

Q24. What does “וּבְאַרְצְכֶם לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ” teach?

A: The prohibition of castration applies to all species, everywhere, not only in the Land of Israel.

 

22:25 — Offering from a Gentile

Q25. What does “וּמִיַּד בֶּן־נֵכָר” teach?

A: One may not offer a blemished animal from a gentile on the Altar.

Q26. Why might one think this is permitted?

A: Because descendants of Noah may offer blemished animals on private altars.

Q27. Why is it prohibited here?

A: The Tabernacle Altar requires an unblemished offering.

Q28. Can gentiles bring unblemished offerings?

A: Yes — vows and dedications from gentiles are accepted.

 

22:27 — Age of an Offering

Q29. What does “כִּי יִוָּלֵד” exclude?

A: An animal delivered by cesarean section.

Q30. From when is the animal accepted?

A: From the eighth day onward.

 

22:28 — Slaughtering Parent and Offspring

Q31. To which parent does the prohibition apply?

A: Only to the mother, not the father.

Q32. Does order matter?

A: No. Slaughtering either first is prohibited.

 

 

 

22:29–30 — Thanksgiving Offering

Q33. What does “לִרְצֹנְכֶם תִּזְבְּחוּ” require?

A: Slaughter with the proper intention at the outset.

Q34. What intention is required?

A: That it be eaten within its permitted time.

Q35. Why state this again here?

A: To teach that improper intention during slaughter invalidates the offering.

 

22:31 — Study and Practice

Q36. What does “וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם” refer to?

A: Study of the commandments.

Q37. What does “וַעֲשִׂיתֶם” refer to?

A: Practical observance.

 

22:32 — Sanctifying God’s Name

Q38. How does one desecrate God’s Name?

A: By intentionally disobeying Him.

Q39. What does “וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי” add?

A: One must give oneself up to martyrdom if necessary.

Q40. Does this apply in private?

A: No — only before ten adult Jewish men.

Q41. With what attitude must one accept martyrdom?

A: Without relying on a miracle.

 

22:33 — Purpose of Redemption

Q42. Why does God mention taking Israel out of Egypt?

A: For the purpose of being Israel’s God.

Q43. What is emphasized by “אֲנִי ה’”?

A: God is trustworthy to pay reward.

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