Rav Shimshon Refoel Hirsch comments that, as with many Torah words we have translated into other languages, the word korban has fallen prey to a nefarious mistranslation. ..
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In his introduction to Chumash Vayikra, the Ramban writes that this entire Chumash is devoted to the topic of sacrifices (korbanos); all the mitzvos in this Chumash ..
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Olah, Olah, Olah Olah The Chizkuni (1:3) points out that the first korban to be mentioned is the olah. Why is this? He answers that it is simply because the olah ..
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The posuk says(1:2) “Adam Ki Yakriv Mikem Korban L’Hashem”, the pasuk calls a person’s korban “A Korban to Hashem”. The end of the pasuk ..
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After a period of some months of building and preparation the Mishkan is finally ready for use. Our Parsha therefore begins delineating the different type of Sacrifices ..
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The posuk says “He called to Moshe…”. Rashi says, the voice traveled and reached Moshe’s ears, however, all of [Bnei] Yisrael did not hear. ..
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My friend once claimed to summarise the opening two sedras of Vayikra with the line ‘give it to the Cohen and he’ll offer it up.’ Now whilst it is true, we do not naturally ..
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The Ba’al Haturim quotes a midrash which explains why the alef at the end of the word ‘vayirka’ is small. It’s because Moshe wanted the word ..
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This week’s Parsha has something very interesting in the 5th letter!!! The Word Vayikra (and He (Hashem) called…) spelt in Hebrew ויקרא has a small ..
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It’s the sacrifice season; the Chumash aptly described/summarised by my friend as ‘give it to the kohen and he’ll offer it up!’ But jokes ..
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