Shabbat, 7 Nissan, 5785 (5 April, 2025)
Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 1
| 1 He called out to Moses. God spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, instructing him to address the people. |
| 2“ Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When a man from among you brings a voluntary ascent-offering to God, you must bring your offering only from animals, i.e., from cattle or from the flock. |
| 3 If his sacrifice is an ascent-offering from cattle, he must bring an unblemished male. He must bring it willingly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, before God. |
| 4 He must lean his hand upon the head of the ascent-offering, and it will be accepted for him to atone for him. |
| 5 He must slaughter the bull before God. Aaron’s sons, the priests, must bring the blood to the Altar and dash the blood in an encircling manner onto the Altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. |
| 6 He must then skin the ascent-offering and cut it up into its constituent sections. |
| 7 The descendants of Aaron the priest must make a fire on the Altar and arrange wood on the fire. |
| 8 Aaron’s descendants, the priests, must then arrange the sections, plus the head and the fat, on top of the wood that is on the fire on the Altar. |
| 9 The priest must wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest must burn it all up on the Altar, as an ascent-offering and a fire-offering pleasing to God. |
| 10 If his offering is brought from the flock—from sheep or from goats—as an ascent-offering, he must sacrifice an unblemished male. |
| 11 He must slaughter it next to the north side of the Altar, before God. Aaron’s descendants, the priests, must dash its blood in an encircling manner onto the Altar. |
| 12 The priest must cut it up into its constituent sections, including its head and its fat. The priest must arrange them on top of the wood that is on the fire on the Altar. |
| 13 The priest must wash the innards and the legs with water. The priest must offer it all up, burning it up on the Altar, as an ascent-offering and a fire-offering pleasing to God. |
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