Parsha 29 of 54 · Sefer Vayikra
6 pieces on Parshas Acharei Mos, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 2 pages
Parshas Acharei Mos–Kedoshim
April 23-24, 2021 Iyar 11-12, 5781. This week’s parsha is Acharei mos- Kedoshim. In this week’s parsha we find the post death of Ahron’s sons commandments to the priests. The parsha is filled with korbanos. It is understood from the mepharshim that Ahron’s…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 2 pages
This week’s parsha begins “after the death of the sons of Ahron”. The first Rashi explains through a parable why the specific words were chosen by Hashem. Which is that if a doctor prescribes a prohibitive eating and sleeping regimen, then the patient goes to…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 2 pages
Parshas Acharei Mos–Kedoshim
In the first of this week’s parsha, Moshe is told, “after the death of the sons of Aaron,” the services relating to Yom Kippur. Rashi, at the beginning of the Parsha, explains by a parable why the death of the sons is written here, which is to prescribe a…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha includes the Yom Kippur service, during which the Kohen took two identical goats and cast lots to determine which one would be sent to Azazel and the other offered as a sacrifice. Interestingly, the idea of a lottery, using luck, was used…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha begins “after the death of the sons of Aaron after they drew near to Hashem and died.” The rest of the Parsha discusses Yom Kippur and other services in the Kodesh Hakadashim. The repetition of the laws and the methods by which one needs to…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 2 pages
This week we read, once again, two parshiyot, Acharei and Kedoshim. Part of this week’s reading is read on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, a day when we enact and live the ideal of being holy. The direct connection is that the parsha includes the service of…
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