Torah Tidbits
23 May 2012 /
2 Sivan 5772
Issue 953
Issue 953 -Shabbat Parshat Emor
May 05, 2011
Parsha Points to Ponder
Parsha Points to Ponder
1) Why does the Torah have to give a special command to the Kohanim not to pull out hairs over the death of loved ones (21:5) if that command actually exists for all Jews (D’varim 14:1)?
2) Why does the Torah use the peculiar language of A MAN FROM YOUR SEED when introducing the laws of blemishes for Kohanim and not the usual CHILDREN OF AHARON as we find in the laws preceding these commands (21:1) and the commands immediately after (22:2)?
3) Why does the Torah need to tell us that the laws of the Omer are FOR ALL YOUR GENERATIONS (L’DOROTEICHEM - 23:21)?
Parsha Points to Ponder by Rabbi Dov Lipman
Rabbi Lipman teaches at Reishit Yerushalayim and Machon Maayan in Beit Shemesh; he is the author of “DISCOVER: Answers for Teenagers (and Adults) to Questions about the Jewish Faith” (Feldheim); “TIMEOUT: Sports Stories as a Game Plan for Spiritual Success” (Devora); “SEDER SAVVY” (Targum) [ppp@ouisrael.org]
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