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Parashat #80 Tzav 3-Year The Torah Portion | Parashat #80 Torah Cycle Tzav (Reading 2 of 3) Parashat #80 April 18, 2020 w;c I) Reading the Torah Portion Tzav Now it’s time to read the Torah portion. You will get the most out of the Torah portion if you have Leviticus 6:12-7:38 (E) a disciplined plan for approaching it each week. I suggest the following (although you may want to Leviticus 6:5 – 7:38 (H) develop your own plan of attack). Prepare by having a pen and paper ready to take notes or by having your computer ready. Read the Torah portion quickly just to get a bird’s-eye view of it and Malachi 3:4-12 to gain a general understanding of its contents. Then read it again slowly and more I Corinthians 10:1-33 contemplatively. As you read it, you should keep track of 1) changes in the main storyline (plots and subplots) of the text, 2) the introduction of new major themes you have not encountered and 11:17-34 heretofore and 3) connections to the main themes developed in the Torah portion. Keeping track of the major themes will provide you with thoughts to help you outline the passage later on. Recording changes in the storyline (subplots) will 1) help you more accurately interpret Scripture and 2) see connections to themes that may be repeated in the Haftarah and Apostolic readings. I strongly recommend that when you study these lessons you have the following tools available. 1) A Bible [all references are based on the NKJV], 2) a printed copy of this lesson, 3) pen and paper [notebook preferred] where you can either write extra notes or complete answers to questions where the lines in this lesson are not enough space to write on, 4) an on-line version of the Bible. I suggest BibleGateway (https://www.biblegateway.com/). There are many instances where I will ask you to make a connection to some other passage. The BibleGateway app has an awesome SEARCH feature to find Bible passages. Also, once you find a passage you can use Control-F or Command-F (MAC users) to find words, numbers or phrases in the text on display. Lastly, as often as possible . have a partner studying with you! II) Outlining the Torah Portion Now that you have read the Torah portion, it’s time to outline it. Try to divide the Torah portion into its major subject divisions. Please limit the outline to no more than seven major headings. Also, try to limit each subject division to a short phrase. In the chart below provide a brief phrase describing each significant change of events in the reading. Outlining will help you develop the skill of “seeing” the themes in the text. Note – the English (E) and Hebrew (H) readings are slightly different here due to differences in how the verses are numbered in the English and Hebrew Bibles. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. III) Torah Portion Discussion Questions I have given you a number of questions to stimulate your thought about the Torah portion reading. My goal is two-fold. First, I want to ask you questions about what the Spirit has shown me are important lessons to learn from the Torah reading. Secondly, I want to help you develop the art of making thematic connections. This skill will develop as you practice, practice, practice. Furthermore, once you see the benefits of making thematic connections, I’m hoping that you believe that the language of thematic connections is Adonai’s “language.” 1. How is Exodus 27:20-21 (“And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. 21In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.”) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Sometimes it may seem like the Torah is repeating itself. For example, many of the offerings mentioned in this week’s Torah portion were already mentioned during the first few chapters of Leviticus. Whenever you see passages that seem to be repeats, you should examine them closely for differences. In other words, you should specifically look for contrasts! By contrasting the passages you’ll be able to see how they differ and thereby zero in on the specific lesson Adonai is trying to teach you. Contrast Leviticus 6:14-18 with Leviticus 2:1-16 and answer the following two questions. A) How do they differ pertaining to instructions given to those participating in the sacrifice? B) What element or facet of the holiness of an offering is introduced in Leviticus 6:14-18 that is not present in Leviticus 2:1-16? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How is Exodus 29:38-39 (Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. 39One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What thematic connections can you make between Leviticus 6:14-18 and Leviticus 6:24-27 regarding the holiness of the offerings? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How do the connections in question 5 further support the new emphasis on holiness regarding offerings that we were introduced to in question 2? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. How does Leviticus 6:27-29 (Everyone who touches its flesh must be holy. And when its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled, in a holy place. 28But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water. 29All the males among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.) further emphasize the requirement for holiness when dealing with Adonai’s offerings? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 2 7. Read Leviticus 7:1-10. What seems to be the emphasis of these verses? In other words, what’s the common connection between bold-italicized phrases? ‘Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering (it is most holy): 2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the trespass offering. And its blood he shall sprinkle all around on the altar. 3 And he shall offer from it all its fat. The fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, 4 the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove; 5 and the priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a trespass offering. 6 Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. 7 The trespass offering is like the sin offering; there is one law for them both: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. 8 And the priest who offers anyone’s burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered. 9 Also every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in the covered pan, or in a pan, shall be the priest’s who offers it. 10 Every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to one as much as the other. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. In question 2, I emphasized how Leviticus 6:14-18 did not say anything about the person making the offering. I also noted how this week’s Torah portion is very priest-centric. Read Leviticus 7:11-18. Does this passage connect more with the person making the offering or the priest, why or
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