Parsha for Kids

S3E6 Acharei Mot 2023

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In this week's parsha, Acharei Mot, we learn about boundaries and limits. For example:

  • The Yom Kippur avodah was extremely elaborate, and the highlight of the Kohen Gadol's year. But even the Kohen Gadol had to be careful about when he was allowed to enter the Kodesh Kedashim, Holy of Holies, and how he went about performing the service.
  • When we have a central place of worship, such as a Mishkan or Beit Hamikdash, we are forbidden to create our own personal altars and offer our own personal korbanot.
  • Not only are we not allowed to eat an animal's blood, but we are also not allowed to eat a neveilah or a terefah, kosher animals that died on their own or had defects that would have meant it would have died within a year's time.
  • There are many forbidden relationships. Even though we saw them modeled in Egypt and Canaan, we must be careful not to emulate them ourselves.
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    Parsha for KidsBy Chana Friedman