Guiding Questions: Leviticus 3

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. What is a “zevah shlamim?”
  2. And, consistently, with what preceded; who slaughters and where (Lev 3:2)?
  3. What is the symbolism (meaning) of the Israelite placing a hand on the head of the offering?
  4. Do the Kohanim have any portion allocated to them?
  5. Does the procedure vary if the korban is from sheep rather than cattle?
  6. Again, is any purpose, as such, ascribed to the Israelite for the offering; and is any liturgical refrain or ceremony noted?
  7. Would the description in this (and prior) chapter(s) indicate a ken of physiology?
  8. In Lev 3:11 a new phrase appears, “fiery bread for Divinity” — what could this have meant?
  9. Lev 3:17 summarizes a “perpetual regulation” not delimited to offerings; what is the two-fold instruction?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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