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Parashah Shemini April 6, 2021 10Am-11:00 Am 1 Parashah Shemini April 6, 2021 10am-11:00 am א) ַויִּ ְק ֣חוּ ְב ֵנֽי־֠ ַא ֲהר ֹן נָ ָ֨דב ַו ֲא ִבי ֜הוּא ִ֣אישׁ ַמ ְח ָתּ ֗תוֹ ַו ְיִּתּ ֤נוּ ָב ֵה ֙ן ֵ֔אשׁ ַויָּ ִ֥שׂימוּ ָע ֶ֖לי ָה ְק ֑ט ֶֹרת ַויַּ ְק ִ֜רבוּ ִל ְפ ֵ֤ני יְה ָו ֙ה ֵ֣אשׁ זָ ָ֔רה ֲא ֶ֧שׁר ֦לא) ִצ ָ֖וּה א ֹ ָתֽם׃ (ב) ַו ֵ֥תּ ֵצא ֵ֛אשׁ ִמ ִלּ ְפ ֵנ֥י יְהָ֖וה ַו ֣תּ ֹא ַכל א ָ֑וֹתם ַויָּ ֻ֖מתוּ ִל ְפ ֵנ֥י יְהָוֽה׃ (ג) ַו ֨יּ ֹא ֶמר מ ֹ ֜ ֶשׁה ֶאֽל־אַ ֲה ֗ר ֹן הוּ ֩א ֲא ֶשׁר־ ִדּ ֨ ֶבּר יְהָ֤וה ׀ ֵלאמ ֹ ֙ר ִבּ ְקר ַֹ֣בי ֶא ָקּ ֵ֔דשׁ ְו ַעל־ ְפּ ֵנ֥י ָכל־ ָה ָ֖עם ֶא ָכּ ֵ֑בד ַויִּ ֖דּ ֹם אַ ֲה ֽר ֹן׃ (ד) ַויִּ ְקָ֣רא מ ֹ ֗ ֶשׁה ֶאל־ ִמֽי ָשׁ ֵאל֙ ְו ֶ֣אל ֶא ְל ָצ ֔ ָפן ְבּ ֵנ֥י ֻעזִּי ֵ֖אל ֣דּ ֹד אַ ֲה֑ר ֹן ַו ֣יּ ֹא ֶמר ֲא ֵל ֗ ֶהם ֠ ִק ְר ֞בוּ ְשׂ ֤אוּ ֶאת־ ֲא ֵחי ֶכ ֙ם ֵמ ֵ֣את ְפּנֵי־ ַה ֔קּ ֹ ֶדשׁ ֶאל־ ִמ ֖חוּץ ַלֽ ַמּ ֲח ֶנֽה׃ (ה) ַוֽיִּ ְק ְר ֗בוּ ַויִּשּּׂ ֻא ֙ם ְבּ ֻכ ֳתּנ ֹ֔ ָתם ֶאל־ ִמ ֖חוּץ ַלֽ ַמּ ֲח ֶ֑נה ַכּ ֲא ֶ֖שׁר ִדּ ֶ֥בּר מ ֹ ֶ ֽשׁה׃ (ו) ַו ֣יּ ֹא ֶמר מ ֹ ֶ֣שׁה ֶאֽל־אַ ֲה ֡ר ֹן וּ ְל ֶא ְל ָעזָ ֩ר וּ ְל ִאֽ ָית ֨ ָמר ׀ ָבּ ֜נָיו ֽ ָרא ֵשׁי ֶ֥כם אַ ִל־תּ ְפָ֣רעוּ ׀ וּ ִבגְ ֵדי ֶ֤כם ֽל ִא־ת ְפ ֙ר ֹמ ֙וּ ְו ֣לא ָת ֔ ֻמתוּ ְו ַ֥על ָכּל־ ָה ֵע ָ֖דה יִ ְק ֑צ ֹף ַו ֲא ֵחי ֶכ ֙ם ָכּל־ ֵ֣בּית יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵ֔אל יִ ְבכּ ֙וּ ֶאת־ ַהשּּׂ ֵר ֔ ָפה ֲא ֶ֖שׁר ָשַׂ֥רף יְהָוֽה׃ (ז) וּ ִמ ֶפּ ַת ֩ח ֨א ֹ ֶהל מוֹ ֜ ֵעד ֤לא ֵת ְֽצא ֙וּ ֶפּ ָן־תּ ֔ ֻמתוּ ִכּי־ ֶ֛שׁ ֶמן ִמ ְשׁ ַ֥חת יְהָ֖וה ֲע ֵלי ֶ֑כם ַוֽיַּ ֲע ֖שׂוּ ִכּ ְד ַ֥בר מ ֹ ֶ ֽשׁה׃ (פ) (ח) ַויְ ַד ֵ֣בּר יְה ָ֔וה ֶאֽל־אַ ֲה֖ר ֹן ֵלא ֽמ ֹר׃ (ט) ַי֣יִן ְו ֵשׁ ֞ ָכר אַ ֵ֣ל־תּ ְשׁ ְתּ ׀ ַא ָ֣תּה ׀ וּ ָב ֶ֣ניך ִא ֗ ָתּך ְבּב ֹ ֲא ֶ֛כם ֶאל־ ֥א ֹ ֶהל מוֹ ֵ֖עד ְו ֣לא ָת ֻ֑מתוּ ֻח ַ֥קּת עוֹ ָ֖לם ְלד ֹר ֹ ֵתי ֶכֽם׃ (י) ֽוּ ֲל ַה ְב ִ֔דּיל ֵ֥בּין ַה ֖קּ ֹ ֶדשׁ וּ ֵ֣בין ַה ֑ח ֹל וּ ֵ֥בין ַה ָטּ ֵ֖מא וּ ֵ֥בין ַה ָטּ ֽהוֹר׃ (יא) וּ ְלהוֹ֖ר ֹת ֶאת־ ְבּ ֵ֣ני יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵ֑אל ֚ ֵאת ָכּל־ ַ֣ה ֻח ֔ ִקּים ֲא ֨ ֶשׁר ִדּ ֶ֧בּר יְהָ֛וה ֲא ֵלי ֶ֖הם ְבּיַד־מ ֹ ֶ ֽשׁה׃ (פ) (יב) וַיְדַבֵּ֨ ר מֹשֶׁ֜ ה ֶאֽל־אַ ֲה ֗ר ֹן ְו ֶ֣אל ֠ ֶא ְל ָעזָר ְו ֶאל־ ִ֨א ָית ָ֥מר ׀ ָבּנָי ֮ו ַהנּֽ ָוֹת ִרי ֒ם ְק ֣חוּ ֶאת־ ַה ִמּנְ ֗ ָחה ַהנּ ֶ֙וֹת ֶר ֙ת ֵמ ִא ֵשּּׁי יְה ָ֔וה ְו ִא ְכ ֥לוּ ָה ַמ ֖צּוֹת ֵ֣א ֶצל ַה ִמּזְ ֵ֑בּ ַח ִ֛כּי ֥ק ֹ ֶדשׁ ָ ֽק ָד ִ֖שׁים ִהֽוא׃ (יג) ַו ֲא ַכ ְל ֶ֤תּם א ֹ ָת ֙הּ ְבּ ָמ ֣קוֹם ָק ֔ד ֹשׁ ִ֣כּי ָח ְק ֤ך ְו ָחק־ ָבּ ֙נֶי ֙ך ֔ ִהוא ֵמ ִא ֵשּּׁי יְהָ֑וה ִכּי־ ֵ֖כן ֻצ ֵוּֽ ִיתי׃ (יד) וְאֵת֩ חֲזֵ֨ ה הַתְּנוּפָ֜ ה ְו ֵ֣את ׀ ֣שׁוֹק ַה ְתּרוּ ֗ ָמה ֽתּ ֹא ְכל ֙וּ ְבּ ָמ ֣קוֹם ָט ֔הוֹר ַא ֕ ָתּה וּ ָב ֶנ֥יך וּ ְבנ ֹ ֶ֖תיך ִא ָ֑תּך ִכּֽי־ ָח ְק ֤ך ְו ָחק־ ָבּ ֙נֶי ֙ך נִ ְתּ ֔נוּ ִמזִּ ְב ֵ֥חי ַשׁ ְל ֵ֖מי ְבּ ֵנ֥י יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאֽל׃ (טו) ֣שׁוֹק ַה ְתּרוּ ֞ ָמה ַו ֲח ֵז֣ה ַה ְתּנוּ ֗ ָפה ַ֣על ִא ֵשּּׁי ַה ֲח ָל ִבי ֙ם יָ ֔ ִביאוּ ְל ָה ִנ֥יף ְתּנוּ ָ֖פה ִל ְפ ֵ֣ני יְהָ֑וה ְו ָה ֨יָה ְל ֜ך וּ ְל ָב ֶ֤ניך ִא ְתּ ֙ך ְל ָחק־עוֹ ֔ ָלם ַכּ ֲא ֶ֖שׁר ִצ ָ֥וּה יְהוָ ֽה׃ (טז) ְו ֵ֣את ׀ ְשׂ ִ֣עיר ַהֽ ַח ֗ ָטּאת ָדּ֥ר ֹשׁ ָדַּ֛רשׁ מ ֹ ֶ֖שׁה ְו ִה ֵ֣נּה שָֹׂ֑רף ֠ ַויִּ ְקצ ֹף ַעל־ ֶא ְל ָע ָז֤ר ְו ַעל־ ִאֽ ָית ָמ ֙ר ְבּ ֵ֣ני אַ ֲה ֔ר ֹן ַהנּ ָוֹת ִ֖רם ֵלא ֽמ ֹר׃ (יז) ַמ ֗דּוּ ַע ֽלא־ ֲא ַכ ְל ֶ֤תּם ֶאת־ ַהֽ ַח ָטּ ֙את ִבּ ְמ ֣קוֹם ַה ֔קּ ֹ ֶדשׁ ִ֛כּי ֥ק ֹ ֶדשׁ ָ ֽק ָד ִ֖שׁים ִ֑הוא ְוא ֹ ָ֣תהּ ׀ נָ ַ֣תן ָל ֗ ֶכם ָל ֵשׂ ֙את ֶאת־ ֲע֣וֺן ָה ֵע ָ֔דה ְל ַכ ֵ֥פּר ֲע ֵלי ֶ֖הם ִל ְפ ֵנ֥י יְהָוֽה׃ (יח) ֚ ֵהן לא־הוּ ָ֣בא ֶאת־ ָדּ ֔ ָמהּ ֶאל־ ַה ֖קּ ֹ ֶדשׁ ְפּ ִ֑ני ָמה אָ ֨כוֹל תּ ֹא ְכ ֥לוּ א ֹ ָ֛תהּ ַבּ ֖קּ ֹ ֶדשׁ ַכּ ֲא ֶ֥שׁר ִצ ֵוּֽ ִיתי׃ (יט) וַיְדַבֵּ֨ ר אַהֲרֹ֜ ן ֶאל־מ ֹ ֗ ֶשׁה ֵ֣הן ֠ ַהיּוֹם ִה ְק ִ֨ריבוּ ֶאת־ ַח ָטּ ָ֤אתם ְו ֶאת־ ֽע ֹ ָל ָת ֙ם ִל ְפ ֵ֣ני יְה ָ֔וה ַו ִתּ ְקֶ֥ראנָה א ֹ ִ֖תי ָכּ ֵ֑א ֶלּה ְואָ ַ֤כ ְל ִתּי ַח ָטּ ֙את ַה ֔יּוֹם ַהיִּי ַ֖טב ְבּ ֵעי ֵנ֥י (יְהוָ ֽה׃ (כ) ַויִּ ְשׁ ַ֣מע מ ֹ ֔ ֶשׁה ַויִּי ַ֖טב ְבּ ֵעי ָנֽיו׃ (פ Leviticus 10:1-20 (1) And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. (2) And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. (3) Then Moses said unto Aaron: ‘This is it that the LORD spoke, saying: Through them that are nigh unto Me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ And Aaron held his peace. (4) And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them: ‘Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.’ (5) So they drew near, and carried them in their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said. (6) And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons: ‘Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes, that ye die not, and that He be not wroth with all the congregation; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. (7) And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die; for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.’ And they did according to the word of Moses. (8) And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, saying: (9) ’Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. (10) And that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; (11) and that ye may 2 teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.’ (12) And Moses spoke unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left: ‘Take the meal-offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy. (13) And ye shall eat it in a holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons’due, of the offerings of the LORD made by fire; for so I am commanded. (14) And the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee; for they are given as thy due, and thy sons’due, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the children of Israel. (15) The thigh of heaving and the breast of waving shall they bring with the offerings of the fat made by fire, to wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’with thee, as a due for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.’ (16) And Moses diligently inquired for the goat of the sin- offering, and, behold, it was burnt; and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying: (17) ’Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and He hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? (18) Behold, the blood of it was not brought into the sanctuary within; ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.’ (19) And Aaron spoke unto Moses: ‘Behold, this day have they offered their sin- offering and their burnt-offering before the LORD, and there have befallen me such things as these; and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of the LORD? (20) And when Moses heard that, it was well-pleasing in his sight. שמואל ב ו׳:ו׳-ז׳ ו) ַויָּ ֖ב ֹאוּ ַעד־ ֣גּ ֶֹרן נָ ֑כוֹן ַויִּ ְשׁ ֨ ַלח ֻע ֜זָּא ֶאל־ ֲא֤רוֹן ָהֽ ֱאל ִהי ֙ם ַו ֣יּ ֹא ֶחז ֔בּוֹ ִ֥כּי ָשׁ ְמ ֖טוּ ַה ָבּ ָ ֽקר׃ (ז) ַויִִּ ַחר־ ַ֤אף יהוה ְבּ ֻע ֔זָּה ַויַּ ֵ֥כּהוּ ָ֛שׁם) ָה ֱאל ִ֖הים ַעל־ ַה ַשּּׁל ַו ָיּ֣ ָמת ֔ ָשׁם ִ֖עם ֲא֥רוֹן ָה ֱאל ִהֽים׃ II Samuel 6:6-7 (6) And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.
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