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 …
METZORA (one being diseased)
Leviticus 14:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses saying, 2 זֹאת This will be the Torah of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He will be brought to the priest: 3 And the priest will go outside of the camp; and the priest examines to see if the sores have healed in the afflicted person. C-MATS Question: What are …
TAZRIA (she conceives)
Leviticus 13:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a שְׂאת lifted up of (rising) a scab, or a bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of tzara’at (leprosy); then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to …
Shemini (Eighth)
Leviticus 9:1 It came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. C-MATS Question: The Hebrew word (It came) always indicates that trouble or grief is associated with the narrative. What sadness could there have been on that joyous first day of Nissan? Until the sin of the Golden Calf, …