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Emor: Sanctifying His Name With Holy Lives

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In this week’s Torah reading, Emor, which means say, God gives Moses instructions regarding rules of purity for the priests (כֹּהֲנִים, Kohanim), who are held to a stricter standard than the general population. For instance, the priests are not to make themselves ceremonially unclean through contact with a person who had died, unless that person was a very close relative such as a father or mother, or son, or daughter.

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Acharei Mot (After Death): God Accepts His Scapegoat for Sin

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Parasha Acharei Mot begins with God's instructions for Aharon (Aaron), the Cohen HaGadol (The High Priest), regarding entering the innermost chamber of the Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, with the ketoret (incense offering) and the preparations for the crucial once-a-year sacrifice on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) which was later fulfilled by the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 52:13–53:12.

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Shabbat Pesach (Passover): When Death Lost its Sting

“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”(Isaiah 53:6) (Flickr photo by lovecatz)

Because tonight is the first night of Passover, the regular Torah reading cycle is interrupted with a special reading. In Passover's Parasha, Moses instructs the Jewish People concerning the details of the first Passover offering. And Since Yeshua’s death, burial, and resurrection occurred in a Hebraic context during Passover, examining Jewish customs surrounding death, burial, mourning, and resurrection can further our understanding of His death and resurrection.

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