FR Weekly Torah: Parashat Vayikra

YouTube ^ | Mar 27, 2017 | Rabbi Jonah Layman

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Parashat Vayikra / פרשת ויקרא

Next read in the Diaspora on 01 April 2017. Parashat Vayikra is the 24th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26

Next week: Parashat Tzav / פרשת צו

Next read in the Diaspora on 08 April 2017. Parashat Tzav is the 25th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 6:1 - 8:36

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אדם, “anyone;” this ambiguous description is intended to convey that what follows applies not only also to converts to Judaism, but even to people who are gentiles, although in this paragraph only Israelites are addressed. The exclusive meaning of the word: אדם, here is made plain when the Torah adds the restrictive word: מכם, “from amongst you.” This means that what follows applies only to members of the Jewish people. However, seeing that we have a rule that “whenever the Torah writes two successive restrictive clauses, this is meant to include someone or something, not to exclude it,” the sages understood our verse as the Torah including even gentiles, as qualified to offer sacrifices to Hashem, i.e. using the facilities offered by the priests, but paying for the animals they authorize to be offered on their behalf. (Talmud, tractate Nazir, folio 62) This is based also on when the Torah writes: איש, איש, i.e. “any man,” including idolaters, who vow to offer a sacrifice to the G-d of the Israelites.

- Hezekiah ben Manoah, known as Chizkuni

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FR Weekly Torah Ping.

[zipper]

I like Torahportions.org — we listen to the weekly parashah on speaker. I use the Complete Jewish Bible on e-Sword for the iPad, but unfortunately I don’t think there are many choices of commentary.

Commentary source suggestions?

[Clearly Right]

Not meaning to divert the focus here, or be a distraction in your fascinating Torah thread, but can you (or perhaps one of the readers of your thread) recommend an online course, or a book or set of books which could help a person (in as simple a way as possible) to begin to learn the Hebrew language?

Thanks.

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For biblical Hebrew, I started with the Behrman House app (free), Learn Hebrew Today: Alef-Bet for Adults, and then Shalom Uvrachah: The New Hebrew Primer and Hineni: The New Hebrew Through Prayer series.

I'd recommend an Artscroll Chumash (Stone Edition) and a large print siddur with English translation as well. The large print ones are very helpful to see/learn the diacritics.

Local synagogues and rabbis typically offer adult Hebrew classes.

[Read Write Repeat]

If you go to http://www.sefaria.org/texts and click on the dot on the left of each verse in the Torah, then you’ll be able to access a ton of commentary.

[wally_bert]

I’d be interested in the same.

[jjotto]

Almost every Jewish religious site has commentaries on the weekly Torah portion.

One site witha wide variety, from technical to homiletic, is torah.org.

Here’s the index to this week’s portion:

http://torah.org/parsha/vayikra/

[PrairieLady2]

There’s also this:
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/

[Ezekiel]

The ‘learning and values’ tab at the top of

http://www.chabad.org/

Is a great resource to jump right in to. Very well-organized.

Thanks for the ping, RWR.

[zipper]

Thanks, to both of you!

Shabbat Shalom

[Clearly Right]

Thanks very much!