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Shabbat Parashat Vayikra 5775

Vayikra | 1 Nissan 5775 | 21/03/2015

Parashat Hashavua: A Korban or Not a Korban?

This week we begin reading Sefer Vayikra, whose first section deals with the basic laws of the various korbanot (sacrifices). We find, in Sefer Bereishit, our patriarchs bringing korbanot, but once Yaakov and his children arrive in Egypt, we find no more. They pick up again, this time on a national level, with the opening of the Mishkan in the desert. In between, there is one apparent exception – the first Korban Pesach (Pesach Mitzrayim), which was done at the first seder, on the night that Hashem killed the firstborn and freed His people. This, of course, is the main subject of the maftir that we read this week, Parashat Hachodesh (Shemot 12:1-20).

Ask the Rabbi: An Oven Used for Chillul Shabbat

I want to use an otherwise kosher oven that was used for cooking food in a manner of clear chillul Shabbat. Has it become “treif”?

Ein Ayah: What Brings Us the Correct Light for Shabbat?

[Shemen kik is one of the oils that may not be used for Shabbat lights because it does not get absorbed properly in the wick.] What is shemen kik? Shmuel said: I asked all those who go down into the sea, and they told me: “There is a certain bird in the cities of the sea that is named kik. Rav Yitzchak said: Cottonseed oil. Reish Lakish said: It is like the kikayon of Jonah (tree that miraculously grew to protect him and suddenly withered).

P'ninat Mishpat: Is Expensive Food for Sickness Included in Support?

Yitro, who owned a store and wanted to retire, gave his son-in-law Moshe some money and sold him the store in return for a promissory note. Moshe also obligated himself to support Yitro during the rest of his life (the word used, mezonot, includes at least feeding but is often used broadly, referring to general support). Yitro has since died and Moshe now wants to reduce his debt from the note to the inheritors due to the fact that for quite a while, he spent extra money on a special diet due to Yitro’s illness. Did Moshe’s obligation to support Yitro include the extra medically related outlay?

Hemdat Yamim

is dedicated

to the memory of:

those who fell in the war

for our homeland.

Mrs. Sara Wengrowsky

bat R’ Moshe Zev a”h.

who passed away on

10 Tamuz, 5774

R' Meir
ben

Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld

o.b.m

Rabbi Yosef Mordechai Simcha

ben Bina Stern o.b.m

who passed away

21 Adar I, 5774

R ' Yaakov ben Abraham & Aisha

and

Chana bat Yaish & Simcha

Sebbag, z"l

R' Shmuel Shemesh z"l

Eretz Hemdah's

Board Member

who passed away

17 Sivan, 5774

Hemdat Yamim

is endowed by

Les & Ethel Sutker

of Chicago, Illinois
in loving memory of
Max and Mary Sutker
and

Louis and Lillian Klein, z”l

A weekly divrei Torah leaflet: A Glimpse at the Parasha, Ask the Rabbi, From the writings of Harav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, zt”l, Pninat Mishpat (Jewish Monetary Law).