ויקרא.צו.פסח
According to the Rambam, why did Hashem allow us to bring korbanot?
To prevent us from falling into idolatry.
It's not just about counting the days, its about ____________
Making the days count
How does Rashi interpret the commandment not to steal in this parsha?
Stealing money (the one in Yisro is about kidnapping)
According to Rashi why does Hashem count us?
Rashi tells us that Hashem counts us because he loves us.
Just as we count thing we care about, so too Hashem counts us.
Why does Hashem count us all the time?
Because of his love for us
What are two reasons we pour for others on the seder night?
1) Kings don't pour for themselves
2) Slaves can't give or pour for others.
What does the Ramban compare sefirat haomer to
Chol Hamoed
How does the Ibn Ezra interpret the commandment not to steal in this parsha?
If you see someone steal and don’t stop him it is as if you stole.
What does Hashem show us by counting us?
By counting each and every one of us Hashem is telling each of us that he chose to put us in this world.
Hashem put us here with a purpose
Why do the laws of purity of man come after laws of purity of animals?
Because humans were created after animals
How is a person supposed to view himself while bringing a korban?
As if he were being brought as a korban instead of this animal.
Where are three places tzaraat can be found?
1) House
2) Clothing
3) Skin
How does Rav Moshe Feinstein explain what a chillul Hashem is?
It’s a chillul Hashem for a person to act below the level he has established for himself.
Not achieving what you can is a chillul Hashem.
Why does the Torah, in the section about birchat kohanim, say Hashem will bless us twice?
The two blessings Hashem is blessing us with is to have our physical needs taken care of, and then from there give us blessings in spirituality.
What do we learn from the fact that each shevet had their own emblem with their own colors?
We see from this that we celebrate diversity and individuality within judaism, we don’t want everyone to be the same
What can we relate to korbanot nowadays?
2 answers
1) We say them in the morning
2) Rebbe Nachman - The effort we put into our service of Hashem is like bringing korban.
What are three things that can help a person stop speaking lashon hara?
1) Learn torah
2) Be Humble
3) Work on loving other Jews
If from Hashem’s perspective there are no blemishes or perfection in human physicality, then why does it matter if the kohanim have blemishes or not?
We have to honor hashem in ways that we would consider to be honorable
What practice was the chafetz chaim not a fan of from this parsha?
What lesson did he want us to learn from this?
1) Reading the punishments in a low voice.
2)
At this stage in life we need to remember that our actions have real consequences.
Sometimes we will make mistakes, but we need to listen to the hard lesssons in life
What should the older kohanim do for the younger kohanim (two ways of reading rashi)?
1) Older kohanim need to take care of the younger kohanim
2) Older kohanim should shine on and enlighten the younger kohanim
What does the Torah specifically mention the fire by the korban Olah?
Trying to fight one thought, or one negative outlook at a time will take forever. We need to light ourselves up with torah and mitzvot, and burn down the whole part of ourselves that wants to look at the world in a incorrect way.
What did Rashi say happened when a wall had tzaraat?
Why is this the “punishment” for lashon hara?
1) The Jews would knock it down and find gold in the wall.
2) The torah is teaching us that we need to see the gold in people, we need to be able to look past the bad and blemished wall, and see the gold in people.
According to the oznaim latorah why does the torah keep using Aarons name for the avodah in the mishkan?
What do we learn about our own day to day avodah from this?
1) The Kohen Gadol shouldn’t feel like a big shot because he got to go into the Kodesh Kodashim.
2) Even you, “Aaron” can go into the Kodesh Hakodashim. That by doing what Hashem wants from us each day, we are, in our own sense, going into the Kodesh Kodashim.
Why does the torah spend so many pesukim seemingly repeating the nesiims gifts over and over again (3 answers)?
Each one brought because they wanted to, not because anyone else did it.
They all brought the same thing, nobody tried to outdo the others.
Each shevet had their own tefilot and brachos they received.
Why did the torah put the laws of giving to the poor in the middle of teaching us about the holidays and their korbanot?
To teach us that one who gives to the poor it’s as if they build the Beit Hamikdash and brought korbanot