(Leviticus 4:2)
We must first note that Leviticus 4:2 begins with Hashem declaring "When a person unwittingly incurs guilt," not "if". This confirms that Hashem knows our nature and that He knows that we will sin. SO, Hashem has set in place a system of animals sacrifice, SO the animals are the "rams in the bush" offered so that He does not have to take the life of His people.
(Leviticus 4:3)
Saturday 21 March 2026: In our previous discussion, we began learning about the Guilt Sacrifice that is to be brought by an individual who incurred guilt for a specific set of sins:
Not giving testimony when one is able
Touching anything unclean, making the one who touched the unclean thing unclean.
Touching human uncleanness, making one unclean.
(Leviticus 5:1-10)
We learn in these verses about the Guilt sacrifice, which is different from the sin sacrifice.
Sin sacrifices are brought by people, priests, or chieftains who have sinned unintentionally by committing anything that ought not be done.
Guilt sacrifices are for those who commit specific sins:
Friday 20 March 2026,
(Leviticus 4:27-31)
Our study today begins with the commandments about the sin offering for an individual person "from among the populace."
(Leviticus 4:27)
Wednesday 18 March, 2026
(Leviticus 3:1-5)
In this portion of Parsha Vayikra, we learn about the "Well-Being" or "Peace Offering" that comes from the herd (elsewhere (Leviticus 4:10): Ox). We learn this offering is to be:
- Male or Female
(Leviticus 2:7)
We learned in the second part of Parsha Vayikra about the Burnt Meal Offerings that are plain, baked, or cooked on a griddle. Today, our portion begins with another accepted preparation of the Meal Offering: prepared in a Pan.
As with the other accepted forms of preparation, the offering prepared in a pan has yet another set of instructions.
The Meal Offering in a pan is to be of choice flour, with oil mixed in.
(Leviticus 2:1)
Again, the chapter begins with "WHEN", NOT "IF" as it is written in Leviticus 2:1,
"When a person presents an offering of meal to the LORD".
The word WHEN is not a command. As we have learned previously, this seems to indicate that laws regarding Burnt Grain offerings was already being performed by the Jewish people prior to the formal giving of the Torah.
(Leviticus 2:1-3)
