In this week’s portion from Parashat Shemini (Vayikra / Leviticus 9:1-11:47) we read on the eighth day Moshe called Aharon and his sons and told them to take a bull for a Chatat Korban (Sin offering) and a ram for a Olah Korban (Whole burnt offering) and offer them before the Lord (ื ืึทืึฐืึดื ืึผึทืึผืึนื ืึทืฉึผืึฐืึดืื ึดื ืงึธืจึธื ืึนืฉืึถื ืึฐืึทืึฒืจึนื ืึผืึฐืึธื ึธืื ืึผืึฐืึดืงึฐื ึตื ืึดืฉึฐึนืจึธืึตื: ื ืึทืึผึนืืึถืจ ืึถื-ืึทืึฒืจึนื ืงึทื-ืึฐืึธ ืขึตืึถื ืึผึถื-ืึผึธืงึธืจ ืึฐืึทืึผึธืืช ืึฐืึทืึดื ืึฐืขึนืึธื ืชึผึฐืึดืืึดื ืึฐืึทืงึฐืจึตื ืึดืคึฐื ึตื ืึฐืืึนึธื:). Moshe then commanded that they are to take a male goat for a Chatat Korban, a calf and a lamb both one year old as an Olah Korban, these are for the people. Moshe tells Aharon and his sons to offering an ox and a ram for peace offerings and a grain offering mixed with oil because today the Lord will appear to them. Then Aharon and his sons proceeded to make the offering before the Lord according to the instruction of Moshe (9:7-23). The Scriptures indicate that Aharon did these things, offering the Korbanot (sacrifices) before the Lord by fire and in Vayikra 9:24 it says ืื ืึทืชึผึตืฆึตื ืึตืฉื ืึดืึผึดืคึฐื ึตื ืึฐืึนืึธื ืึทืชึผึนืืึทื ืขึทื-ืึทืึผึดืึฐืึผึตืึท ืึถืช-ืึธืขึนืึธื ืึฐืึถืช-ืึทืึฒืึธืึดืื ืึทืึผึทืจึฐื ืึผึธื-ืึธืขึธื ืึทืึผึธืจึนื ึผืึผ ืึทืึผึดืคึผึฐืืึผ ืขึทื-ืคึผึฐื ึตืืึถื: 9:24 Then fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. (NASB) Following the offerings, it is recorded in Scripture that Nadav and Avihu went before the Lord with fire in their firepans and offered strange fire before the Lord and God killed them (10:1-5). The Lord then spoke to Aharon saying “Do not drink strong drink when you come into the Ohel Moed” (ืึนืึถื ืืึนืขึตื, Tent of Meeting) so that he and his sons will not die, the purpose it saysื ืึผืึฐืึทืึฐืึผึดืื ืึผึตืื ืึทืงึผึนืึถืฉื ืึผืึตืื ืึทืึนื ืึผืึตืื ืึทืึผึธืึตื ืึผืึตืื ืึทืึผึธืืึนืจ: to make a distinction between the holy and profane, between unclean and clean. Moshe again instructs Aharon and his sons to eat of the Mincha (grain) offering because it is their portion; the grain offering is to be eating beside the altar of God because it is most holy. The breast of the wave offering and the thigh are to be eaten in a clean place (not alongside the altar) this was their portion to be eaten. At this point Aharon and his sons do not eat the portion of meat and Moshe is angry, he says ืื ืึทืึผืึผืขึท ืึนื-ืึฒืึทืึฐืชึผึถื ืึถืช-ืึทืึทืึผึธืืช ืึผึดืึฐืงืึนื ืึทืงึผึนืึถืฉื ืึผึดื ืงึนืึถืฉื ืงึธืึธืฉืึดืื ืึดืื ืึฐืึนืชึธืึผ | ื ึธืชึทื ืึธืึถื ืึธืฉึตึนืืช ืึถืช-ืขึฒืึนื ืึธืขึตืึธื ืึฐืึทืคึผึตืจ ืขึฒืึตืืึถื ืึดืคึฐื ึตื ืึฐืืึนึธื: ืื ืึตื ืึนื-ืืึผืึธื ืึถืช-ืึผึธืึธืึผ ืึถื-ืึทืงึผึนืึถืฉื ืคึผึฐื ึดืืึธื ืึธืืึนื ืชึผึนืืึฐืืึผ ืึนืชึธืึผ ืึผึทืงึผึนืึถืฉื ืึผึทืึฒืฉืึถืจ ืฆึดืึผึตืืชึดื: 10:17 ‘Why did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord. 10:18 ‘Behold, since its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded.’ (NASB) The goat was for the Chatat Korban (Sin offering) and the Cohen was to eat a portion of the offering in order to bear the guilt of the people and then make atonement on behalf of the people before God. Aharon says that his sons dying are the reason he did not eat of the offering as he was commanded to do (10:19). Following these things, the Lord gives the Mitzvot (commands) on Kashrut, the dietary laws relating to what foods are clean and unclean to eat. The purpose was to ืื ืึฐืึทืึฐืึผึดืื ืึผึตืื ืึทืึผึธืึตื ืึผืึตืื ืึทืึผึธืึนืจ ืึผืึตืื ืึทืึทืึผึธื ืึทื ึผึถืึฑืึถืึถืช ืึผืึตืื ืึทืึทืึผึธื ืึฒืฉืึถืจ ืึนื ืชึตืึธืึตื: 11:47 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten. (NASB)
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