Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Shemini / Eighth - this week’s Torah reading


Prophecy 46, 112, 151;
Leviticus 9:1–11:47;
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18;
Hebrews 8:1-6;



Leviticus 9:1–11:47


1 And it happened, on the eighth day, Moses called for Aaron and for his sons, and for the elders of Israel.
2 And he said to Aaron, Take a calf to yourself, a son of the herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, ones without blemish, and bring them near before YAHUVEH.
3 And speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Take a kid of the goats for a sin offering, and a calf, and a lamb, sons of a year, ones without blemish, for a burnt offering;
4 And a bull and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before YAHUVEH; and a food offering mixed with oil; for today YAHUVEH will be seen.
5 And they took that which Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the entire congregation drew near and stood before YAHUVEH.
6 And Moses said, This is the thing that YAHUVEH has commanded; do it, and the glory of YAHUVEH shall appear to you.
7 And Moses said to Aaron, Draw near to the altar and make your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people, and make the offering of the people, and atone for them, as YAHUVEH has commanded.
8 And Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which is for himself;
9 And Aaron’s sons brought the blood near to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar. And he poured out the blood at the base of the altar;
10 And the fat, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver, of the sin offering, he burned with incense on the altar, as YAHUVEH had commanded Moses.
11 And he burned the flesh and the skin with fire, at the outside of the camp.
12 And he killed the burnt offering. And Aaron’s sons presented the blood to him and he sprinkled it on the altar all around;
13 And they presented to him the burnt offering, by its pieces, and the head, and he burned them with incense on the altar.
14 And he washed the inward parts and the legs, and burned them as incense for the burnt offering on the altar.
15 And he brought the offering of the people, and took the he-goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and killed it, and made it a sin offering like the first.
16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it, according to the ordinance.
17 And he brought the food offering and filled his hand from it, and burned it as incense on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
18 And he killed the bull and the ram, a sacrifice of the peace offerings, which are for the people, and Aaron’s sons presented the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar all around;
19 And the fat of the bull, and of the ram, the fat tail, and the covering, and the kidneys, and the lobe above the liver.
20 And they set the fat on the breasts, and he burned as incense the fat on the altar.
21 And Aaron waved the breasts, and the right leg as a wave offering before YAHUVEH, as Moses commanded.
22 And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation. And they came out and blessed the people; and the glory of YAHUVEH appeared to all the people.
24 And fire came out from before YAHUVEH and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. And all the people saw, and cried aloud, and fell on their faces.

*~Leviticus Chapter 10 ~*

1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in them; and they put incense on it and brought profane fire before YAHUVEH, which He had not commanded them.
2 And fire went out from before YAHUVEH and consumed them; and they died before YAHUVEH.
3 And Moses said to Aaron, It is that which YAHUVEH has spoken, saying, I will be treated holy by those drawing near to Me; and I will be honored before all the people. And Aaron was silent.
4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle, and said to them, Come near, carry your brothers from the front of the sanctuary to the outside of the camp.
5 And they came near and carried them in their coats to the outside of the camp, as Moses had commanded.
6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar, his sons, You shall not uncover your heads and you shall not tear your garments, that you may not die, and He be angry on all the congregation. As to your brothers, the whole house of Israel, they shall mourn the burning which YAHUVEH has kindled.
7 And you shall not go out of the door of the tent of the meeting, lest you die. For the anointing oil of YAHUVEH is on you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
8 And YAHUVEH spoke to Aaron, saying,
9 You shall not drink wine and fermented drink, you nor your sons with you, as you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, and you shall not die; a never ending statute throughout your generations;
10 And to make a distinction between the holy and profane, and between the unclean and the clean;
11 And to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which YAHUVEH has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.
12 And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, Take the food offering that remains from the fire offerings of YAHUVEH, and eat it unleavened near the altar, for it is most holy.
13 And you shall eat it in the holy place, for it is your portion, and the portion of your sons, from the fire offerings of YAHUVEH; for so I have been commanded.
14 And the breast of the wave offering, and the leg of the heave offering, you shall eat in a clean place, you and your sons, and your daughters with you. For they have been given for your portion and the portion of your sons out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
15 The leg of the heave offering, and the breast of the wave offering, besides fire offerings of the fat, they shall bring in to wave a wave offering before YAHUVEH; and it shall be to you, and to your sons with you, a never ending statute, as YAHUVEH has commanded.
16 And Moses sought carefully for the goat of the sin offering; and, behold, it had been burned! And he was angry against Eleazar and against Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, saying,
17 Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, for it is most holy, and He has given it to you to take away the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before YAHUVEH?
18 Behold, its blood has not been brought into the holy place inside. You should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I have commanded.
19 And Aaron said to Moses, Behold, today they have brought their sin offering and their burnt offering before YAHUVEH; and such things have happened to me. And if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been accepted in the sight of YAHUVEH?
20 And when Moses heard, then it was good in his eyes.

*~Leviticus Chapter 11 ~*


1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the living things which you shall eat out of all the animals which are on the earth.
3 Any that divides the hoof and is wholly cloven footed, bringing up the cud, among the living things, you may eat it.
4Only, you may not eat these, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof: the camel, though it brings up the cud, yet it does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you;
5 And the rock badger, though it brings up the cud, yet it does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you;
6 And the hare, though it brings up the cud, yet it does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you;
7 And the swine, though it divides the hoof and is cloven footed, yet it does not bring up the cud; it is unclean to you.
8 You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall not touch their dead body; they are unclean to you.
9 Of all that are in the waters, you shall eat these; any one that has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, you may eat them.
10 But any one that does not have fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any swarming creature of the waters, and of any creature which lives in the waters; they are to be detested by you.
11 Yes, they shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh and you shall shun their dead bodies.
12 Any one that does not have fins and scales in the waters, it shall be an unclean thing to you.
13 And these you shall count unclean among the fowls; they shall not be eaten; they are unclean: the eagle, and the black vulture and the bearded vulture,
14 And the kite, and the falcon, according to its kind;
15 every raven according to its kind;
16 And the ostrich, and the great owl, and the gull, and small hawks, according to its kind;
17 And the little owl, and the Egyptian vulture, and the eared owl;
18 And the barn owl, and the pelican and the owl-vulture;
19 And the stork, the heron according to its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 Every flying swarming creature going on all four, it is an abomination to you.
21 Only, this you may eat of any swarming thing which flies, which goes on all four, which has legs above its feet, to leap with them on the earth;
22 these are those you may eat: the locusts according to its kind, and the bald locust according to its kind, and the long horned grasshopper according to its kind, and the short horned grasshopper according to its kind.
23 But every swarming thing which flies, which has four feet, it is unclean to you.
24 And by these you shall be made unclean; any who touches their dead body is unclean until the evening.
25 And anyone who lifts up their dead body shall wash his garments and shall be unclean until the evening;
26 even every living thing which divides the hoof, and is not cloven footed, and does not bring up the cud, they are unclean to you; anyone who touches them shall be unclean.
27 And any going on its paws among all the living things which go on all four, they are unclean to you; anyone who touches their dead body is unclean until the evening;
28 And he who lifts up their dead body shall wash his garments and shall be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
29 And these shall be unclean to you among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard according to its kind,
30 And the gecko, and the monitor, and the lizard, and the sand lizard, and the barn owl.
31 These are unclean to you among all which swarm; anyone who touches them in their death is unclean until the evening.
32 And anything on which any one of them falls in their death is unclean, whether of any vessel of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack; any vessel in which work is done shall be caused to go into water, and shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be cleaned.
33 And any earthen vessel into the midst of which any one of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
34 And of all the food which may be eaten, that on which such water falls shall be unclean, and all drink that may be drunk in any such vessel shall be unclean.
35 And anything on which any part of their dead body falls shall be unclean; an oven or hearth shall be broken down; they are unclean; yes, they are unclean to you.
36But a fountain or a well, a collection of water, shall be clean; only that touching the dead body is unclean.
37 And when any part of their dead body falls on any sowing seed which is sown, it shall be clean;
38but when water is put on the seed, and any of its dead body has fallen on it, it shall be unclean to you.
39 And when any of the animals which are food for you dies, he who touches its dead body is unclean until the evening;
40 And he who eats of its dead body shall wash his garments and shall be unclean until the evening; and he who lifts up its dead body shall wash his garments and shall be unclean until the evening.
41 And every swarming thing which swarms on the earth is unclean; it shall not be eaten.
42 Anything going on its belly, and any going on all four, and all having many feet, even every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are unclean.
43You shall not pollute yourselves with any swarming thing which swarms, nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, so that you should be defiled by them.
44For I am YAHUVEH your ELOHIM, and you have sanctified yourselves, and you have become holy, for I am holy. And you shall not defile your persons with any swarming thing which creeps on the earth;
45for I am YAHUVEH who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to become your ELOHIM; and you shall be holy, for I am holy.
46This is the law of the animals, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which moves in the waters, and every creature which swarms on the earth,
47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.