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The Sacrifice of the Old Covenant (painting by Peter Paul Rubens). Parashat Vayikra, VaYikra, Va-yikra, Wayyiqra, or Wayyiqro (וַיִּקְרָא —Hebrew for "and He called," the first word in the parashah) is the 24th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Leviticus.
A meal offering (minchah) is of choice flour with oil, from which priest will remove a token portion to burn on the altar, and the remainder the priests can eat. Meal offerings cannot contain leaven or honey, and are to be seasoned with salt. Meal offerings of first fruits are new ears parched with fire or grits of the fresh grain.
A meal offering (minchah) is of choice flour with oil, from which priest will remove a token portion to burn on the altar, and the remainder the priests can eat. Meal offerings cannot contain leaven or honey, and are to be seasoned with salt. Meal offerings of first fruits are new ears parched with fire or grits of the fresh grain.
Offering following childbirth (Leviticus 12; see Kinnim) The offering for an accused adulterous wife (Ordeal of the bitter water) Thank offering (todah) Offerings relevant to fulfillment of, or transgression of, the Nazirite vow. Offerings following cure from certain diseases and unusual bodily discharges. Other sacrifices include: Dough ...
Leviticus 23:16–19 sets out a course of offerings for the fiftieth day, including a meal-offering of two loaves made from fine flour from the firstfruits of the harvest; burnt-offerings of seven lambs, one bullock, and two rams; a sin-offering of a goat; and a peace-offering of two lambs.
Guilt offerings are required when a person deals deceitfully or by robbery. The priests keep the fire burning, every morning feeding it wood. The meal offering (mincha) is presented before the altar, a handful burned, and the balance eaten by the priests. On the occasion of the High Priest’s anointment, the meal offering is prepared with oil ...
Leviticus 23:16–19 sets out a course of offerings for the fiftieth day, including a meal-offering of two loaves made from fine flour from the firstfruits of the harvest; burnt-offerings of seven lambs, one bullock, and two rams; a sin-offering of a goat; and a peace-offering of two lambs.
A Midrash deduced the importance of peace from the way that the listing of the individual sacrifices in Leviticus 6–7 concludes with the peace offering. Leviticus 6:2–6 gives "the law of the burnt-offering," Leviticus 6:7–11 gives "the law of the meal-offering," Leviticus 6:18–23 gives "the law of the sin-offering," Leviticus 7:1–7 ...