“Aharei Mot” means “after the death,” referring to the demise of Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu who offered fire in a way not sanctioned by Abba YHWH. The portion begins with the purification measures that Aaron and his remaining sons need to go through to rectify the evil that was done in Abba YHWH’s sight. Once done, additional purity regulations are given on how native Israelites are to slaughter and handle blood. Abba YHWH then opens the last chapter in this portion by reminding Israel that they are not to do the practices of the peoples either from where they came from (Egypt) or where they are going (Canaan) but must remain a Set-Apart people. In order to do this, the portion closes with additional regulations of proper and improper sexual conduct.
From our family here at One Faith One People Ministries to yours, we wish you a wonderful Pesach and High Shabbat. May this be a season of joy and prosperity for all of us as we celebrate the deliverance of our bondage from Egypt by Father Yah and Moshe and the deliverance from the bondage of sin, death and condemnation through His Only-Begotten Son, Yeshua the Mashiyach!
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“Metzora” or more precisely “Ha Metzora” means “The Leper,” and the portion concerns primarily how a leper gets pronounced clean by the priests, how he demonstrates he has been cleansed from the disease. The previous Torah portion (Tazria) concerned states of impurity and isolation for women who have just given birth and lepers. This portion deals with how to get the lepers clean again. It then takes an interesting turn to discuss what happens when a whole house becomes unclean before ending with other purity rules for men and women.
“Metzora” or more precisely “Ha Metzora” means “The Leper,” and the portion concerns primarily how a leper gets pronounced clean by the priests, how he demonstrates he has been cleansed from the disease. The previous Torah portion (Tazria) concerned states of impurity and isolation for women who have just given birth and lepers. This portion deals with how to get the lepers clean again. It then takes an interesting turn to discuss what happens when a whole house becomes unclean before ending with other purity rules for men and women.
Tazria means “to bring seed, give birth” It begins with the “niddah” rules, or how a woman is unclean for a certain period after giving birth. The rest of the portion then deals with how lepers are to be isolated and pronounced
clean by the priests before being allowed to rejoin Israel.
Tazria means “to bring seed, give birth” It begins with the “niddah” rules, or how a woman is unclean for a certain period after giving birth. The rest of the portion then deals with how lepers are to be isolated and pronounced
clean by the priests before being allowed to rejoin Israel.
Shemini means “on the 8th day” deals with the end of the priests’ consecration period. After this, they can then make expiation for all of Israel. Unfortunately however, two of Aaron’s sons pay the ultimate price for not ministering properly to the people. The portion then ends with the “kosher list” of what can and cannot be eaten, a perfect segue into our Renewed Covenant reading which also discusses kosher food.
Shemini means “on the 8th day” deals with the end of the priests’ consecration period. After this, they can then make expiation for all of Israel. Unfortunately however, two of Aaron’s sons pay the ultimate price for not ministering properly to the people. The portion then ends with the “kosher list” of what can and cannot be eaten, a perfect segue into our Renewed Covenant reading which also discusses kosher food.
Here’s an interesting story (I hope). In 2009 I won a talent competition with the grand prize of 6 free hours of recording studio time. I went in and decided I would only record for 3 hours and let the engineers do their thing for the remaining 3 hours, and they finished 5 minutes before I would have to start paying! At any rate I used the tracks done that day to release an album on ITUNES (it’s been taken down since) called “As in Heaven, So on Earth.” It contained both Biblical and secular songs.
But one of the tracks, to my chagrin, came out faulty. I realized that on “I Believe in Yeshua” vocalized a word as SEDGE when I meant to sing SAID, so I never released the song because I never had an opportunity to either re-record it or to edit the error out.
12 years later, when we were staying in Iowa, our host told me he had Garage Band, an Apple product, and he said he could edit out the “EDGE” and have it sound as “SAID”. Long story short he did that for me, so now I have released it here for your enjoyment.
Tzav means “command” as in commanding the sons of Aaron. It is another form of the same root we saw in an earlier parsha “tetzaveh” or “you will command/charge”. This time the focus of the portion is on the priestly responsibilities in preparing sacrifices.