Torah Classes

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.

Chp. 5 verses 13 - 26: Concludes the discussion of the guilt offering. Next topic is, unauthorized use of holy things. Continues with the guilt offering brought when one is not sure if he transgressed a commandment whose punishment is excision. Continues with the sins of lying about a deposit or a pledge, robbery, oppression, or finding a lost object, and he swears falsely. He must rectify his transgression, and pay an additional fifth to his victim from whom he stole. And he must also bring a guilt offering for an atonement.

Chp. 4 verse 1 - chp. 5 verse 13: Begins with the laws of the sin offering. First the sin offering of a high priest who has erred and caused a mistaken action. It continues with an error in judgment taken by the high supreme court and the sin offering that they must bring. It then discusses the sacrifice brought by a ruler who has done a sin against one of the mitzvoth of the Torah. It goes on to discuss the laws of the sin offering of an individual. Chp. 5 continues with the laws of a guilt offering, if he can afford it a sheep, if not, then birds, and if not that, then a meal offering.

Chp. 2 verse 9 - Chp. 3 verse 17: Continues with the description of the laws of the meal offerings and that salt was needed for all sacrifices. The chp. concludes with the laws of the first fruits. Chp. 3 begins with the laws of an ox that is brought as a peace offering. Continues with a sheep peace offering and then a goat. Chp. ends with a warning not to eat the fat or the blood.