Vayikra 5782

This is Torah Talk for the week of March 6th, 2022

Lev. 1:3    If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd … ⁹ … the priest shall turn the whole into smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire [אִשֵּׁ֥ה] of pleasing odor to the Lord.

Lev. 1:10               If his offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, of sheep or of goats … ¹³ … It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire [אִשֵּׁ֛ה], of pleasing odor to the Lord.

Lev. 1:14               If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds … ¹⁷ … It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire [אִשֵּׁ֛ה], of pleasing odor to the Lord.

But now we know that אִשֶּׁה does not mean “an offering by fire.” This week: What it really means.

This week’s handout: 24 Vayikra 5782

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