- Which offering was considered the most holy and why?
Meal offering because it could only be eaten by the priests and only
within the precincts of the Sanctuary.
- What ingredient is specifically mentioned as being omitted from all
meal offerings? Were you to use honey? Why not? Were you to use salt?
Why? And what is the significance of putrefaction or preservation?
Leaven; no; it putrefies; yes; it prevents putrefaction; putrefaction
symbolizes moral degradation and salt symbolizes that which is lasting,
such as our Covenant with G-d.
- If one was to make a peace offering of the herd, was the animal to be
male or female?
Either.
- What was done with the fat and blood from these sacrifices, and what
statute does it bring forth to us today?
Fat was burned in the fire as a sweet savor to Hashem; the blood was
sprinkled around about the altar, sometimes on the horns of the altar.
We are commanded forever not to eat blood or fat.
- What was the significance of pouring and sprinkling of the blood?
Blood is the seat of life. As G-d has given it, so we give it back.
Must be via animals, not people.
- What is the Hebrew word for "meal offering"?
Mincha
- What is the difference between a free will meal offering and a meal
offering as a result of having sinned?
With the latter, no oil or frankincense was mixed with the fine
flour.
- When bringing an animal to sacrifice, why were you to place your
hands on its head?
Through this you showed that this animal was designated as the
substitute for the person who brought it.
- If someone caused a loss to the Sanctuary by unintentionally taking
for his/her own use some holy thing, what was the required sacrifice?
A ram without blemish out of the flock, restitution of the item used,
plus a 20% penalty.
- What was the penalty if one committed a sin against a neighbor, such
as not returning a found article; or in the matter of a pledge, or a
robbery, etc.; and why might this recompense be unfair to the aggrieved?
He was required to restore the item in full, plus 20%, as of the
value at the time of the offense. With inflation, the person might only
receive a fraction of the value of what was stolen if he was paid off in
currency.
- In the beginning of this parasha, from where did Hashem's voice come
when He spoke to Moshe?
From the tent of meeting.
|
|
