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When Is Emor Read?
/ 15 Iyar 5786
/ 8 Iyar 5787
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Summary
- Laws regulating the lives and sacrifices of the priests are presented. (21:1-22:33)
- The set times of the Jewish calendar are named and described: the Sabbath, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the Pilgrimage Festivals of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot. (23:1-44)
- God commands the Israelites to bring clear olive oil for lighting the sanctuary menorah. The ingredients and placement of the displayed loaves of sanctuary bread are explained. (24:1-9)
- Laws dealing with profanity, murder, and the maiming of others are outlined. (24:10-23)
More Emor Commentaries
- Accepting Ourselves
- Seeing Problematic Laws as a Vehicle to Modern Day Justice
- Embracing Divine Imperfection
- Jewish Ways of Marking Time
- How Can Social Isolation Lead to Illumination?
- Emerge from Your Cave and See God’s World Around You
- The Educational Value of Repetition
- Emor for Teens: Shabbat Sha-raps
- From Blasphemy to Blasphemous: An Instructive Transition
- Is Time Ours or Is It God's?
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Listen to Podcasts About Emor
Listen to Rabbi Rick Jacobs discuss Parashat Emor in these episodes of his podcast, On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah.
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Ten Minutes of Torah: Emor Commentary
Opening Up to Each Other
By: Rabbi Andy Gordon
This interpretation teaches that the blasphemer first wanted to express to the Israelite community that he was just like them. He blesses God, just as they did. But, as they continue to quarrel with him, question his beliefs, and separate themselves from him, he does the only thing left in his power: curse God.
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