Parsha Q&A - Parshat Vayikra
Parshat Vayikra
Parsha Questions
- How do we know that Adam never offered a stolen korban?
- What two types of sin does an olah atone for?
- What procedure of an animal-offering can be performed by a non-kohen?
- Besides the fire brought on the altar by the kohanim, where else did the fire come from?
- What is melika?
- Why are animal innards offered on the altar, while bird innards are not?
- Do burning feathers smell good? If not, why is a bird offered with the feathers attached?
- Why does the Torah use the term nefesh concerning the flour offering?
- How many different types of voluntary mincha offerings are listed in the parsha?
- Which part of the free-will mincha offering is burned on the altar?
- Which procedure of the mincha offering requires a kohen?
- What is a mincha al machavat?
- The Torah forbids bringing honey with the mincha. What is meant by honey?
- Why is the peace offering called a shelamim?
- What is the first offering brought on the altar each day?
- Concerning shelamim, why does the Torah teach about sheep and goats separately?
- Who is obligated to bring a chatat?
- For which sins must one bring a korban oleh veyored?
- What two things does a voluntary mincha have that a minchat chatat lacks?
- Who brings a korban asham?
I Did Not Know That!
"If the anointed kohen sins...he shall offer
a bull as a sin offering...
And take the bull outside the camp...and burn it..." (Leviticus 4:3,12)
The Torah commands that the kohen gadol's sin offering be burned in public, outside the Sanctuary premises, so that no one will be embarrassed to admit his own sin. "Imagine!" a sinner will think, "Even the kohen gadol sinned; yet he admitted it and brought an atonement offering. Certainly, I too should admit my sin and bring an atonement."
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Answers to this Week's Questions
Questions | ContentsAll references are to the verses and Rashi's commentary, unless otherwise stated
- How do we know that Adam never offered a stolen korban?
1:2 Because he owned everything.
- What two types of sin does an olah atone for?
1:4 a) Neglecting a positive command & b) Violating a negative command which is rectified by a positive command.
- What procedure of an animal-offering can be performed by a non-kohen?
1:5 Slaughtering (i.e., anything before receiving the blood).
- Besides the fire brought on the altar by the kohanim, where else
did the fire come from?
1:7 It descended from heaven.
- What is melika?
1:15 Slaughtering a bird offering from the back of the neck using a fingernail.
- Why are animal innards offered on the altar, while bird innards
are not?
1:16 An animal's food is provided by its owner, so its innards are "kosher." Birds, however, eat food that they scavenge, so their innards are tainted with "theft."
- Do burning feathers smell good? If not, why is a bird offered
with the feathers attached?
1:17 - A person who offers a bird is probably too poor to afford an animal. Therefore, the Torah wants his offering to look nice, and it looks better with feathers.
- Why does the Torah use the term nefesh concerning the flour
offering?
2:1 Usually, it is a poor person who brings a flour offering. Therefore, Hashem regards it as if he had offered his nefesh (soul).
- How many different types of voluntary mincha offerings are
listed in the parsha?
2:1 Five.
- Which part of the free-will mincha offering is burned on
the altar?
2:1 The kometz (fistful).
- Which procedure of the mincha offering requires a kohen?
2:2 From the taking of the kometz and onwards.
- What is a mincha al machavat?
2:5 A flour offering fried in a shallow pan.
- The Torah forbids bringing honey with the mincha. What
is meant by honey?
2:11 Any sweet fruit derivative
- Why is the peace offering called a shelamim?
3:1 It brings shalom to the world. Also it creates peace between the altar, the kohen, and the owner since each gets a share.
- What is the first offering brought on the altar each day?
3:5 The olat tamid.
- Concerning shelamim, why does the Torah teach about sheep
and goats separately?
3:7 Because they differ with regard to the alya (fat tail). The lamb's alya is burned on the altar but the goat's alya is not.
- Who is obligated to bring a chatat?
4:2 One who accidentally transgresses a negative commandment whose willing violation carries with it the penalty of karet (excision).
- For which sins must one bring a korban oleh veyored?
5:1-4 a) One who refrains from giving evidence when adjured by oath; b) One who enters the Beit Hamikdash or eats kodesh food after unknowingly contracting tuma (ritual impurity) by touching certain tamei (ritually impure) things; c) One who unknowingly violates his oath.
- What two things does a voluntary mincha have that a minchat
chatat lacks?
5:11 Levona and oil.
- Who brings a korban asham?
5:17 One who is in doubt whether he transgressed a negative commandment whose intentional violation carries the penalty of karet.
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