Shemini - 1st Portion

Join as we learn together Kumish for Sunday paras shimini the third portion in the book of Leviticus chapter 9 verse one last week's Torah reading we read about the seven days that Moshe trained Aaron and his sons and he did the service in the holy temple the installation rights and the anointing of Aaron and his sons Today we begin where now Aaron takes over from Moshe and begins as the high priest and his sons as the kohanim. This is the first day of the actual service of Aaron and his sons in the holy temple on the first of Nissan when of year 2449 as mentioned previously that the reason for the building of the tabernacle was to atone for the sin of the golden calf. At this point up until now, the Jewish people did not see God's divine presence in the tabernacle and therefore were seemingly upset by the very fact that their sin was not completely atoned. But only today when Moshe be when Aaron began the service on the eighth day, that's when the divine presence rested in the tabernacle and the Jewish people saw that they were atoned for their sin of the golden calf. Thus we begin today. And it was on the eighth day, seven days prior of the installation and the training of Moshe. On the eighth day of the installation, on the first of first of Nissan, then Moshe summoned Aaron, his sons, and the elders of the Jewish people to inform them they have now completed the installation process. And now Aaron was going to take over. What does it mean on the eighth day? This was on the eighth day of the installation process. This is the first of Nissan that the tabernacle was erected that day as we read before in the book of Exodus that it was on the first month in the second year in the first day that the Mushkan the tabernacle was erected. On that day, the Jewish people were able to receive these 10 crowns, great special advantages that are discussed in the book of the why the elders of the Jewish people let them know that this is because God commanded Aaron to be the high priest and it wasn't something that Mosha on his own decided to do. This was based on the command of God. Then he told Arab, "Take for yourself a calf and in its second year and it should be as a sin offering as a sin offering and a ram as an ascent offering." They both should be unblenmished and bring them near before God. Why was he taking a calf and not an ox? But this is to let know that God has forgiven you and atoned you for the sin of the golden calf through the very fact of you bringing this calf as a sacrifice. Verse four and an ox and a ram for a peace offering to bring the slaughter before God. and a and a um and then you're going to also bring a grain offering that's mixed with oil, kneaded with oil because today God is appearing to you. What does it mean? Because today God is going to appear to you. Hasn't God appeared? Doesn't hasn't God appeared to them even without the sacrifices? Why does he need the sacrifices for God to appear them? So that you should be able to see that the divine presence is in the work that you're doing. Therefore, the sacrifices come as an obligation on this day. Verse five, and they took what as Moshe commanded to the front of the uh to the approached the entrance of the tent of meeting and the entire community approached and stood before God. Verse six, Moshe said, "This is what God has commanded you shall do that you shall dom and that the glory of God will appear to you." Verse seven, approach the altar. Do your sin offering your sin offering atoning for yourself for the people. also then do the sacrifice which is for the people and atone for them as well like God has commanded. Verse seven, why did Moshe to tell him to approach the altar? Aram was afraid and he was embarrassed out of humility to come close and approach the altar. Moshe told him why are you embarrassed? Come and approach and bring the sacrifice is for this is self reason that you were chosen your sin offering. Why yours? That was this was the calf that was told before that he should bring as an atonement for the sin of the golden calf and your scent offering. That's the ram that we mentioned previously. the sacrifice of the people a goat for us an offering and a calf and a lamb called any time that you're going to see the word calf ben it's usually a year old or within its year from here you know that when we see the word ael they're always talking about either in their first year uh and but when it generally it's in it in his first year however when it talks about the sacrifice of Aaron. It was two years old at the time because it says Ael Benboker. So therefore we know it was two years old. Verse 10. Verse eight approached the altar. And he slaughtered the calf that it was his. And then the children of Aaron received the blood and they brought the blood vessel to him to him. Then he dipped his finger into the blood and he put it on the protrusions of the altar and the rest of the blood. The remaining blood he poured at the base of the altar. Verse 10. And the fats and the kidneys and the diaphragm along with part of the liver from the sin offering. He brought as a he sacrificed on the altar like God commanded Moshe and the flesh and the hide. burnt in a fire outside the camp. What about the flesh and the hide? This sin offering where the blood was sprinkled on the altar. This is called the sin offering which generally the meat was eaten by the coim. Like we read before in chapter 7, we never find that the entire sin offering was burned besides this one. The one of the installation days. Why were these done differently? While generally a sin offering, not the blood, the flesh and the hide was not usually burnt outside. This was unique because God told them to do in this case differently. Verse 12. And he slaughtered the the ascent offering. And the children of Aaron then presented the blood to him. And he and he sprinkled it and he sp on the top of the encircling the altar. Verse uh vamsu. What is the word vamsu? So Rashi explains that means uh meaning that they presented it to him, they give it to him, they helped him out by giving him what the blood was. They giving him the vessel that had the blood on it like this. He was able to put his finger in and sprinkle the blood. Verse 13. And then they presented him the ascent offering. They cut it up into pieces and the head and he brought it as a offering on the altar. He burnt it up on the altar. Verse 14, he washed the inards and the legs. And then he burnt it up on the altar on top of the altar as as an ascent offering. Verse 15. And he brought the animal for the people sacrifice and he then took the people's sin offering which was the goat the sin offering of the goat which was representing for the people and he performed all the procedures which is the slaughtering and all the other procedures that came with it like the first ascent offering that he did. What is the word? He did like the sin offering like the first one. Why doesn't he say uh what is he referring to? Like his calf that he brought previously. So too he did for the one that he did for the people as well. Verse 16, and he brought the ascent offering and he did it with all the procedures and regulations that were done for a regular voluntary ascent offering. What does it mean? Like the laws like all the laws that are mentioned by the uh donation when a person voluntarily brings an ascent offering that's described in the beginning of the book of Leviticus and parikra. This concludes the first tow reading of parasmini.