Torah Classes

Chp. 1 verses 1 - 46: Introduction, Moshe and Aaron are commanded by Hashem to count the men from the ages of twenty to sixty for military service.

Chp. 23 verse 43 - Chp. 24 verse 23: Chp. finishes with the laws of Succoth. Chp. 24, discusses the oil for the Menorah and the obligation of the priests to keep them burning continuously. The twelve showbread were to be made of fine flour and arranged in two rows on the golden table. The portion ends with the blasphemer being stoned by the people.

Chp. 23 verses 9 - 43: Continues with the laws of the Omer offering, and the counting of fifty days to Shavuous. Continues with the sacrifices of the holiday and the offering of the first fruits. Next laws of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Succoth.

Chp. 21 verse 1 - Chp. 22 verse 11: Introduction, the laws of a priest; which relatives he must defile himself for, whom he may not marry, and other restrictions that would prevent him from serving Hashem in the sanctuary. Chp. 22 continues with laws of holy foods and when and who could eat them.

Chp. 11 verses 32 - 47: Continues with the laws of creepy things. Then the laws of earthenware vessels. Liquids that prepare things to become unclean. Mikvah, the defilement of produce. The laws of a dead carcass. The prohibition of eating insects. The command to sanctify ourselves so that we can be G-dly.

Chp. 10 verse 8 - chp. 11 verse 31: Hashem speaks to Aaron about prohibition of priest drinking wine before performing service. Continues with the sacrifices of the day and also those laws that would apply for the future. Moshe was angry with them because of an error that he thought they had made, but Aaron told him that they had not erred and he agreed. Chp. 11, deals with the laws of kosher animals, fish, and birds. Ends with the eight creepy things that cause defilement by touching them.

Chp. 8 verse 7 - chp. 10 verse 7: Continues with the sacrifices that were brought by Aaron and his sons on the eighth day of dedication. Then they blessed the people and a heavenly fire came and consumed all the sacrifices on the alter Chp. 10 tells us about Nadav and Abihu two sons of Aaron who bring a strange fire into the Holy of Holies and are killed by fire. Their bodies are removed and Aaron and his other two sons are commanded by Moshe not to mourn nor to leave the Mishkan.

Chp. 8 verses 1 - 36 chp. 9 verses 1 - 7: Hashem commands Moshe to bring Aaron, his sons, their garments, and all the sacrifices to the door of the Mishkan. He washes them. He then dresses Aaron in the garments of the high priest and anoints him, the Mishkan, the alter, and all its vessels with oil. Next he dresses Aaron's sons. He brings the sacrifices, performing all the rituals connected to them and to Aaron and his sons. They then spend the next seven days and nights in the Mishkan. Chp. 9 begins with an introduction of Shemini and the eighth day of the dedication of the Mishkan, and the sacrifices that Aaron was commanded to bring.

Chp. 6 verse 19 - chp 7 verse 38: Chp. concludes with details of the sin offering. Chp.7 begins with the laws of the guilt offering and the gifts of the hide and the leftover of the meal offering that was given to the officiating priest and or his brothers. Next the laws of the various peace offerings and their time constraints. The prohibition of fats and blood. Chp. concludes with the rituals of the peace offering, and meal offering and the portion given the the priests.

Chp. 6 verse 1 - 19: Introduction,command to priests about the burnt offering and the removal of the ashes from the alter. Command to keep a perpetual fire on the alter. Next the meal offering and all of its details. Also the meal offering of Aaron and his sons on the day of their anointment and the command for the high priest to bring this offering half in the morning and half in the afternoon daily. Next the laws of the sin offering.