Parsha Points to Ponder

Parsha Points to Ponder

1) Why does the Torah repeatedly use the phrase SONS OF AHARON (BNEI AHARON) when describing the Kohanim preparing sacrifices instead of simply calling them KOHANIM (for example 1:5 and 1:7)?
2) Why does the Torah have to stress that IT IS A LAW FOREVER, FOR ALL GENERATIONS IN ALL PLACES YOU INHABIT, ALL FATS AND ALL BLOOD YOU MAY NOT EAT (3:17)? Don’t we already know that laws of the Torah are eternally binding?
3) The Torah uses three different words when describing people sinning: KI (WHEN - e.g. 4:2), IM (IF - e.g. 4:3) and ASHER (THAT - 4:22). Why does it use these different words?

Parsha Points to Ponder by Rabbi Dov Lipman, teacher at Reishit Yerushalayim and Machon Maayan in Beit Shemesh; 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) - (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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Suggested answers

1) The Da’at Zekainim MiBaalei HaTosafot answer that the Torah deliberately uses this phrase to teach that only younger kohanim should be involved with these sacrifices and not older ones whose hands may shake too much.
2) The Ohr HaChayim explains that one may have thought that only the fats of sacrifices were forbidden since it is taught in the context of sacrifices. These words teach that this law applies to all animals at all times.
3) The Kli Yakar quotes commentaries who teach that KI is a

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