Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Why does our parsha repeat the list of instructions relating to offerings (korbanot) in a very similar way to the one found in Parshat Vayikra? What is...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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Parshat Vayikra deals with the laws of sin offerings in order to receive atonement for various sins committed by the individual. Why should unintentional...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Bringing a sacrifice has two distinct halakhic goals, zrikat hadam (throwing the blood), and hekter eivarim (burning the flesh). It seems that the...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Why, for meal offerings, are se’or and devash (grain and honey) forbidden? This shiur looks at explanations of commentators such as Maimonides, and then...
Rabbi Dr. Tamir Granot
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The Book of Vayikra differs from the other Books of the Torah in that most of it contains no narrative or moral exhortation, but rather pure halakha. ...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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For which sins are we obligated to bring a sin offering (chatat)? The answer to this is given four times in Parshat Vayikra. Through a close examination...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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At the beginning of chapter 5 in Parshat Vayikra, the Torah discusses specific sins that are subject to the law of what Chazal refer to as the "ascending...
Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
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The Torah refers to the holy Ark by various different names. What are these different names? When is each of them used? Is there a distinct significance...
Rabbi Gad Eldad
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One of the most conspicuous examples of repetition in the Torah is found in the section devoted to the Mishkan. Following the detailed list of commands in...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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Like many other passages in the description of the making of the Mishkan, the completion of the building echoes a line from the creation narrative: “God...
