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A detailed oil painting of the Scapegoat with a red thread tied around its horns, standing alone on the salt-crusted shores of the Dead Sea against a purple mountain backdrop at sunset.

Parashat Acharei Mot: Holiness & Atonement

Aharei Mot (“After The Death”) opens by describing the ritual service of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It then details the prohibitions of offering sacrifices outside of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and of eating animal blood, and ends with a list of forbidden sexual relations.

Parashat Vayikra: Laws of Sacrifice

In Vayikra (“He Called”), the first Torah portion in the Book of Leviticus, God tells Moses about the sacrifices offered in the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Among these are sacrifices entirely burnt on the altar, meal offerings made of flour and oil, peace offerings, and sacrifices brought for sinning inadvertently.