Inspired by the weekly Torah portion of Vayikra * (Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26), read this Shabbat. It's one of the toughest subjects for modern people to relate to. We are talking about the various ...

And the fat, and the kidneys, and the diaphragm, and the liver of the sin-offering he caused to go up on smoke from the Altar, as Hashem had commanded Moshe” (Leviticus 9:8-10).

Leviticus teaches us which parts of the animal to cook on the altar for which type of offering and how to share some of the cooked meat with the priests. We are told how much flour and oil to use.

It is important to note that 10 verses earlier, there were two goats, “Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and sacrifice it for a sin offering” (Leviticus 16:9).

Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins” (Leviticus 16:30). Ramban says that this is the logic of the sin offering.

There were different kinds of offerings e.g. sin-offering (Leviticus 4:1-35); guilt-offering (Leviticus 5:14-19): burnt-offering (Leviticus1:1-17); fellowship-offering (Leviticus 3:1-17).

We are standing before Aaron, outside of the Mishkan. He places the oleh, sin and peace offerings onto the Altar. These offerings are atonements for himself and for the entire people.

For sin offerings, they were required to lean their hands on the animal, and make a confession prior to the act of slaughter.

In the debate about sacrifices, Christians put great reliance on the book of Hebrews. However, Hebrews is very unreliable. It is one of those books in the bible that is full of falsehood. As a ...