Double Parsha: Achrei Mot-Kedoshim
Leviticus 16:1-20:27
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Amos 9:7-15
Haftarah for Sephardim: Ezekiel 20:2-20
Saturday, April 25, 2026
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Leviticus 16:1-20:27
Daily Reading Schedule:
Sunday April 19, 2026: Leviticus 16:1-24
Monday April 20, 2026: Leviticus 16:25-17:7
Tuesday April 21, 2026: Leviticus 17:8-18:21
Wednesday April 22, 2026: Leviticus 18:22-19:14
Thursday April 23, 2026: Leviticus 19:15-32
Friday April 24, 2026: Leviticus 19:33-20:7
Saturday April 25, 2026: All of the above readings Plus Leviticus 20:8-27 AND
maf: Leviticus 20:25-27
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Amos 9:7-15
Haftarah for Sephardim: Ezekiel 20:2-20
Talmudic References:
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Yoma
Daf: 53a:18
"One might have thought that both verses were said before the deaths of Aaron’s sons, who died upon entering the sacred place. Therefore, the verse states: “After the deaths of the two sons of Aaron” (Leviticus 16:1). One might have thought that both of them, the punishment and the warning, were said after the deaths of Aaron’s two sons. Therefore, the verse states: “For I will appear in a cloud upon the Ark cover.” How so; how should these verses be understood? The warning was said before the death of Aaron’s sons, and the punishment associated with it was stated after the death of his sons."
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Mishnah Zevachim
Daf 59a:4
"When the Jewish people arrived at Gilgal private altars were permitted, offerings of the most sacred order were then eaten within the curtains, and offerings of lesser sanctity were eaten anywhere."
"The Gemara raises an objection to Rabbi Yoḥanan’s statement from a baraita: Rabbi Meir would say: From where is it derived that even a gentile who engages in Torah study is considered like a High Priest? It is derived from that which is stated: “You shall therefore keep My statutes and My ordinances, which if a man does he shall live by them” (Leviticus 18:5). The phrase: Which if priests, Levites, and Israelites do they shall live by them, is not stated, but rather: “A man,” which indicates mankind in general. You have therefore learned that even a gentile who engages in Torah study is considered like a High Priest."
Sanhedrin
Daf: 14:5
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Mishnah References:
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01
Mishnah Zevachim 5:1
"What is the location of the slaughtering and consumption of offerings? The principle is that with regard to offerings of the most sacred order, their slaughter is in the north of the Temple courtyard. Specifically, with regard to the bull and the goat of Yom Kippur, their slaughter is in the north and the collection of their blood in a service vessel is in the north, and their blood requires sprinkling between the staves of the Ark in the Holy of Holies, and upon the Curtain separating the Sanctuary and Holy of Holies, and on the golden altar. Concerning all those sprinklings, failure to perform even one placement of their blood disqualifies the offering. As to the remainder of the blood, which is left after those sprinklings, a priest would pour it onto the western base of the external altar. But if he did not place the remainder of the blood on the western base, it does not disqualify the offering."
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Mishnah Makkat 3:15
"That a person shall perform and live by them” (Leviticus 18:5). It is inferred that with regard to one who sits and did not perform a transgression, God gives him a reward like that received by one who performs a mitzva."
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Mishnah Sanhedrin 7:7
"One who gives of his offspring to Molekh, for which one is executed by stoning, is not liable unless he hands over his child to the priests of Molekh and passes the child through the fire. If he handed over the child to the priests of Molekh but did not pass him through the fire, or if he passed him through the fire but did not hand him over to the priests of Molekh, he is not liable, unless he hands the child over to the priests of Molekh and passes him through the fire. The list of those liable to be executed by stoning includes those who practice various types of sorcery."
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