Summary of The Weekly Torah Reading:
Parshas Emor
Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section
is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person
"goes up" to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading.
1st Aliya:
Specific restrictions for Kohanim and the Kohain Gadol
pertaining to marriages, sexuality, and mourning.
2nd Aliya:
Laws pertaining to physical blemishes of the Kohanim and who can
and can not eat from the priestly gifts.
3rd Aliya:
Laws defining what constitutes an acceptable and unacceptable
blemish on an animal designated to be a Korban.
4th Aliya:
The establishment of Shabbos, Pesach, the Omer, the counting of
the Omer and Shavuoth.
5th Aliya:
The establishment of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
6th Aliya:
The establishment of Sukkoth.
7th Aliya:
Laws of the Ner Tamid, the Showbread, the incident with the
Blasphemer, and the penalties for Blasphemy.
Parsha Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
