Vayikro
Book 3: Leviticus

ACHAREI MOS

Chapter 16

Verse 1: And Ad-noy spoke to Moshe after the death of two sons of Aharon, who brought an [unauthorized] offering before Ad-noy and they died.

Verse 2: Ad-noy spoke to Moshe: Speak to your brother Aharon that he not come at all times into the Holy [Sanctuary] that is inside of the Curtain, before the Ark-cover that is on the Ark so that he not die, for in a cloud I shall appear on the Ark-cover.

Verse 3: With this shall Aharon come into the Holy [Sanctuary]; with a young bullock, for a sin-offering and a ram, for a burnt-offering.

Verse 4: He shall don a sanctified, linen tunic and linen pants shall be on his body. He shall gird himself with a linen sash and place a linen turban on his head. These are sacred garments; he shall bathe his body in water and clothe himself in them.

Verse 5: He shall take, from the congregation of Israel two he-goats for sin-offerings and one ram for a burnt-offering.

Verse 6: Aharon shall bring the sin-offering bullock which is his and atone on his own behalf and on behalf of his household.

Verse 7: He shall take the two he-goats and stand them before Ad-noy, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

Verse 8: Aharon shall put lots on the two he-goats; one lot [marked] "for Ad-noy" and one lot [marked] "for Azazel."

Verse 9: Aharon shall bring the goat upon which the lot [marked] "for Ad-noy" came up and do (offer) it as a sin-offering.

Verse 10: The goat upon which came up the lot [marked] "for Azazel" shall be placed, alive, before Ad-noy, to achieve atonement with it to send it to Azazel, in the desert.

Verse 11: Aharon shall bring the sin-offering-bullock which is his and atone on his behalf and on behalf of his household, and he shall slaughter his sin-offering-bullock.

Verse 12: He shall take a full hand-shovel of fiery coals from atop the altar, which is before Ad-noy and full handfuls of finely-ground incense and he shall bring [them] inside of the curtain.

Verse 13: He shall put the incense on the fire before Ad-noy and the cloud of incense will cover the Ark-cover that is on the [tablets of] Testimony, that he not die.

Verse 14: He shall take some of the bullock's blood and he shall sprinkle with his finger, above the surface of the Ark-cover on its eastern part; and before the Ark-cover, he shall sprinkle, some blood, with his finger, seven times.

Verse 15: He shall slaughter the he-goat sin-offering that belongs to the people, and he shall bring its blood inside of the Curtain. He shall do [with] its blood just as he did with the bullock's blood and he shall sprinkle it on the Ark-cover and before of the Ark-cover.

Verse 16: He will atone for the Sanctuary, from the impurities of Bnei Yisroel and from their rebellious sins for all their transgressions. He shall do likewise for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their impurity.

Verse 17: No man shall be present in the Tent of Meeting when he comes in to atone for the Holy [Sanctuary] until he leaves. He shall atone on his behalf and on behalf of his household and on behalf of the entire assembly of Israel.

Sheini (Second Aliyah)

Verse 18: He shall go out to the altar that is before Ad-noy and atone on it. He shall take some of the bullock's blood and some of the he-goat's blood and put it atop the corners of the altar, all around.

Verse 19: He shall sprinkle on it from the blood that is on his finger seven times and purify it and sanctify it from the impurities of Bnei Yisroel.

Verse 20: When he finishes atoning for the Holy [Sanctuary] and [for] the Tent of Meeting and [for] the altar he shall bring the live he-goat.

Verse 21: Aharon shall lay his two hands on the head of the live he-goat and confess on it all the iniquities of Bnei Yisroel and all their rebellious transgressions for all their sins, and put them on the head of the goat and send it away with the man [so] designated, to the desert.

Verse 22: The goat shall carry upon itself all of their iniquities to a desolate land, and [the man shall] send the goat into the desert.

Verse 23: Aharon will [then] come into the Tent of Meeting and remove the linen garments that he wore when he came into the Holy [Sanctuary] and place them there.

Verse 24: He shall wash his flesh in water in a sacred place and don his garments. He shall go out and do (offer) his burnt-offering and the people's burnt-offering and atone on his behalf and on behalf of the people. 25. The fat of the sin-offering, he shall burn on the altar.

Verse 26: He who sends the goat to Azazel shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall come into the encampment.

Verse 27: The sin-offering-bullock and the sin-offering-goat whose blood was brought to achieve atonement in the Holy [Sanctuary], he shall have removed beyond the encampment. They shall burn in fire their skins, their flesh and their waste [that are in their intestines].

Verse 28: He who burns them shall wash his garments and bathe his body in water and afterwards he shall come into the encampment.

Verse 29: It shall be for an everlasting statute for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and not do any work, the native-born and the proselyte residing among you.

Verse 30: For on this day He will make atonement for you, to purify you from all your sins, before Ad-noy, you will be purified.

Verse 31: It is a Shabbos of Shabbosos to you and you must afflict yourselves; it is an everlasting statute.

Verse 32: The kohein will atone--- he who himself will be anointed and who will be initiated--- to serve in his fathers stead and dress in the linen garments, the sacred garments.

Verse 33: He will atone for the Holy [Sanctuary]; and for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar, he will atone; for the kohanim and for the entire people of the congregation, he will atone.

Verse 34: This shall be for you as an everlasting statute, to achieve atonement for Bnei Yisroel from all their sins, once a year. He did as Ad-noy commanded Moshe.

Revi'i (Fourth Aliyah)

Chapter 17

Verse 1: Ad-noy spoke to Moshe, saying:

Verse 2: Speak to Aharon and to his sons and to all Bnei Yisroel and say to them; this is the edict that Ad-noy commanded, saying:

Verse 3: Each and every person of the House of Israel who will slaughter an ox, lamb, or goat within the encampment or who will slaughter [it] beyond the encampment.

Verse 4: And to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting he did not bring it so that it may be brought as an offering to Ad-noy, before the Mishkan of Ad-noy; it shall be considered for that person as blood, he has spilled blood, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

Verse 5: So that Bnei Yisroel shall bring their sacrifices that they [would] slaughter on the field, and [instead] they shall bring them to Ad-noy to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, to the kohein, and slaughter them as peace-offerings to Ad-noy.

Verse 6: The kohein shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Ad-noy at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing fragrance to Ad-noy.

Verse 7: They shall no longer slaughter their sacrifices to the demons after which they go astray. This shall be an everlasting statute for them, for their descendants. 8. To them you shall say: each and every person of the House of Israel and from the proselyte who will reside among them, who will bring a burnt-offering or sacrifice,

Verse 9: and to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting he does not bring it, that it be offered to Ad-noy; that person shall be cut off from his people.

Verse 10: Each and every person of the House of Israel and from the proselyte who resides among them who will eat any blood; I shall direct my anger on the soul of him who eats the blood and I will cut it off from among its people.

Verse 11: For [the] soul of the body is in the blood and I have given it to you [to be placed] on the altar to achieve atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that will achieve atonement for the soul.

Verse 12: Therefore, I have said to Bnei Yisroel: "Every soul among you shall not eat blood. The proselyte residing among you shall not eat blood."

Verse 13: Each and every person of the House of Israel and from the proselyte residing among them who will ensnare [the catch] any wild animal or fowl that is permitted to be eaten, he shall spill its blood and cover it with earth.

Verse 14: For [as to] the life of all flesh, its blood is its life, and I have said to Bnei Yisroel: "The blood of any flesh, you should not eat, for, the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats of it, shall be cut off."

Verse 15: Anybody that will eat an improperly slaughtered animal or an animal with a fatal defect among the native-born and the proselyte, shall wash his clothing and bathe in water and is impure until the evening, and [then] becomes purified.

Verse 16: If he does not wash [his clothes] and does not bathe his flesh, he bears [the burden of] his iniquity.

Chapter 18

Verse 1: Ad-noy spoke to Moshe, saying.

Verse 2: Speak to Bnei Yisroel and say to them I am Ad-noy, your G-d.

Verse 3: After the practice of the Land of Egypt in which you have lived, you shall not do, and the practice of the Land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you, you shall not do and you shall not follow their statutes [customs].

Verse 4: You shall fulfill My laws and you shall keep My statutes to follow them, I am Ad-noy, your G-d.

Verse 5: You shall keep My statutes and My laws which if a man obeys he shall live through them; I am Ad-noy.

Shishi (Sixth Aliyah)

Verse 6: Each and every person--- to any of his close kin--- You shall not approach to uncover [their] nakedness, I am Ad-noy.

Verse 7: The nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

Verse 8: The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover; it is your father's nakedness.

Verse 9: The nakedness of your sister [whether she is] your father's daughter or your mother's daughter; whether she is born in the house, or she is born outside, you shall not uncover their nakedness.

Verse 10: The nakedness of your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter; you shall not uncover their nakedness, for their nakedness is your own.

Verse 11: The nakedness of the daughter of your father's wife who is born to your father; she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

Verse 12: The nakedness of your father's sister you shall not uncover; she is your father's kin.

Verse 13: The nakedness of your mother's sister you shall not uncover, for she is your mother's kin.

Verse 14: The nakedness of your father's brother you shall not uncover. You shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt.

Verse 15: The nakedness of your daughter-in-law you shall not uncover; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

Verse 16: The nakedness of your brother's wife you shall not uncover; it is your brother's nakedness.

Verse 17: The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover. The daughter of her son and the daughter of her daughter you shall not take to uncover her nakedness, they are kin; it is lewdness.

Verse 18: You shall not take a woman and her sister to vex [her] to uncover her nakedness with the other, in her lifetime.

Verse 19: To a woman while in her menstrual impurity, you shall not approach to uncover her nakedness.

Verse 20: With your friend's wife you shall not lie carnally, to defile yourself through her.

Verse 21: You shall not hand over any of your children to be passed through [the worship of] Molech and you shall not defile the Name of your G-d, I am Ad-noy. 22. You shall not lie with a male [conjugally] as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination.

Verse 23: Together with any animal you shall not lie [conjugally] to defile yourself with it. A woman shall not stand before an animal to copulate with it; it is defilement.

Verse 24: Do not defile yourselves in any one of these [ways], for in all of these [ways] the nations have become defiled [those] that I am driving away from before you.

Verse 25: The land became defiled and I judged its iniquities upon it and the land expelled its inhabitants.

Verse 26: You shall adhere to My statutes and to My laws and not do any of these abominations [both] the native born and the proselyte who resides among you.

Verse 27: For all of these abominations were done by the people of the land who came before you and the land became defiled.

Maftir

Verse 28: [So that] the land not expel you when you defile it as it expelled the nation before you.

Verse 29: For anyone who will do any of these abominations, their souls shall be cut off, those who do these things, from among their people.

Verse 30: You shall keep my watch that you shall not do any of the abominable customs that were done before you and you will not defile yourselves through them. I am Ad-noy, your G-d. Eighty verses. Haftarah: Ashkenazim---Amos 9:7--15 Sepharadim---Yechezkel 22:1--19

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