Numbers 1:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Take you אֶת־ the sum of all the congregation of the Children of Israel, after their families, by …
BEHAR (on the mountain)
Leviticus 25:5 את That which grows of itself from the seeds of your previous harvest you will not reap, וְאת־ and neither gather the grapes of your untended vine: for it is a year of rest for the land. C-MATS Question: Why did יהוה set up the Sabbatical Year cycle? The land’s rest in the seventh year teaches that the …
Emor (Speak) to the Kohanim
This Torah portion gives the laws for the Kohanim, whose Divine service places upon them a particular responsibility to maintain higher standards of righteous behavior and purity. Leviticus 21:1 And יהוה said to Moses, speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron וְאָמַרְתָּ and you say to them, No priest will be defiled for the dead among his people. C-MATS …
KEDOSHIM (set apart ones)
Leviticus 19:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses saying, 2 Speak to all the congregation of the Children of Israel וְאמַרְת and you say to them, you will be holy (set apart): for I יהוה your Elohim am Holy (set apart). C-MATS Question: What was יהוה teaching his children? The Ten Commandments found in Exodus 20 were being taught again. 1) …
ACHAREI MOT (after the death of Aaron’s sons)
Leviticus Chapter 16 is about Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) on the seventh month, tenth day and how to atone for the accidental and unknown sins of את congregation. Notice the placement of the את throughout the chapter in regard to the atoning blood of the bull and in regard to the two goats. These animals and what they will …