Weekly Torah portion from Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26
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Was it always the kohen who slaughtered the korbanot?
I'm not too experienced with the rabbinic literature and history, and from just plain reading of the text in this week's torah portion (V'Yikra) I'm finding that it says "HE shall bring it...HE shall ...
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Why not “Vayikra Hashem”
The first pasuk in Vayikra reads:
וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר ה׳ אֵלָיו…
And He called to Moshe, and God spoke to him…
Why is the subject on the second verb? It would ...
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“Placing” oil, but “placing” frankincense
When discussing the מנחת חוטא (the mincha form of the קרבן עולה ויורד), the Torah (Vayikra 5:11) instructs that
לֹא יָשִׂים עָלֶיהָ שֶׁמֶן וְלֹא יִתֵּן עָלֶיהָ לְבֹנָה
he will not place on it ...
