Parshas Emor - Rishon
Chapter 21
(א) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֱמֹ֥ר אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֑ן וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ לֹֽא־יִטַּמָּ֖א בְּעַמָּֽיו׃ (ב) כִּ֚י אִם־לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ הַקָּרֹ֖ב אֵלָ֑יו לְאִמּ֣וֹ וּלְאָבִ֔יו וְלִבְנ֥וֹ וּלְבִתּ֖וֹ וּלְאָחִֽיו׃ (ג) וְלַאֲחֹת֤וֹ הַבְּתוּלָה֙ הַקְּרוֹבָ֣ה אֵלָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־הָיְתָ֖ה לְאִ֑ישׁ לָ֖הּ יִטַּמָּֽא׃ (ד) לֹ֥א יִטַּמָּ֖א בַּ֣עַל בְּעַמָּ֑יו לְהֵ֖חַלּֽוֹ׃ (ה) לֹֽא־יקרחה [יִקְרְח֤וּ] קׇרְחָה֙ בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם וּפְאַ֥ת זְקָנָ֖ם לֹ֣א יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ וּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔ם לֹ֥א יִשְׂרְט֖וּ שָׂרָֽטֶת׃ (ו) קְדֹשִׁ֤ים יִהְיוּ֙ לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א יְחַלְּל֔וּ שֵׁ֖ם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם כִּי֩ אֶת־אִשֵּׁ֨י יְהֹוָ֜ה לֶ֧חֶם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֛ם הֵ֥ם מַקְרִיבִ֖ם וְהָ֥יוּ קֹֽדֶשׁ׃ (ז) אִשָּׁ֨ה זֹנָ֤ה וַחֲלָלָה֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔חוּ וְאִשָּׁ֛ה גְּרוּשָׁ֥ה מֵאִישָׁ֖הּ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֑חוּ כִּֽי־קָדֹ֥שׁ ה֖וּא לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ (ח) וְקִ֨דַּשְׁתּ֔וֹ כִּֽי־אֶת־לֶ֥חֶם אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא מַקְרִ֑יב קָדֹשׁ֙ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֔ךְ כִּ֣י קָד֔וֹשׁ אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ (ט) וּבַת֙ אִ֣ישׁ כֹּהֵ֔ן כִּ֥י תֵחֵ֖ל לִזְנ֑וֹת אֶת־אָבִ֙יהָ֙ הִ֣יא מְחַלֶּ֔לֶת בָּאֵ֖שׁ תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃ {ס}
(א) וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה אֱמַר לְכַהֲנַיָּא בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְתֵימַר לְהוֹן עַל מִית לָא יִסְתָּאַב בְּעַמֵּיהּ: (ב) אֶלָּהֵן לְקָרִיבֵיהּ דְּקָרִיב לֵיהּ לְאִמֵּיהּ וְלַאֲבוּהִי וְלִבְרֵיהּ וְלִבְרַתֵּיהּ וְלַאֲחוּהִי: (ג) וְלַאֲחָתֵיהּ בְּתֻלְתָּא דְּקָרִיבָא לֵיהּ דִּי לָא הֲוַת לִגְבָר לַהּ יִסְתָּאָב: (ד) לָא יִסְתָּאַב רַבָּא בְעַמֵּיהּ לְאַחֲלוּתֵיהּ: (ה) לָא יִמְרְטוּן מְרַט בְּרֵישְׁהוֹן וּפָאתָא דְדִקְנְהוֹן לָא יְגַלְּחוּן וּבְבִשְׂרְהוֹן לָא יְחַבְּלוּן חִבּוּל: (ו) קַדִּישִׁין יְהוֹן קֳדָם אֱלָהֲהוֹן וְלָא יְחַלּוּן שְׁמָא דֶּאֱלָהֲהוֹן אֲרֵי יָת קֻרְבְּנַיָּא דַיְיָ קֻרְבָּן אֱלָהֲהוֹן אִנּוּן מַקְרִיבִין וִיהוֹן קַדִּישִׁין: (ז) אִתְּתָא מַטְעֲיָא וּמְחַלְּלָא לָא יִסְּבוּן וְאִתְּתָא דִּמְתָרְכָא מִבַּעְלַהּ לָא יִסְּבוּן אֲרֵי קַדִּישׁ הוּא קֳדָם אֱלָהֵיהּ: (ח) וּתְקַדְּשִׁנֵּיהּ אֲרֵי יָת קֻרְבַּן אֱלָהָךְ הוּא מְקָרֵב קַדִּישׁ יְהֵי לָךְ אֲרֵי קַדִּישׁ אֲנָא יְיָ מְקַדִּשְׁכוֹן: (ט) וּבַת גְּבַר כָּהֵן אֲרֵי תִתְחַל לְמִטְעֵי מִקְּדֻשַּׁת אֲבוּהָ הִיא מִתַּחֲלָא בְּנוּרָא תִּתּוֹקָד:
1. Hashem said to Moshe: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aharon, and say to them: One shall not impurify (himself) for the dead[1] of his people, 2. except for his closest relative to him: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3. and for his virgin sister, who is close to him because she hasn’t been to a man; for her he may impurify (himself). 4. A great one[2] among his people shall not defile himself to profane himself. 5. They shall not make bald spots on their heads, and the corner(s) of their beards they shall not shave, and in their flesh they shall not inflict a wound.[3] 6. They shall be holy before their God and not profane the name of their God because they offer Hashem’s offerings,[4] the offering[5] of their God, and they shall be holy.[6] 7. A “harlot”[7] and a profaned (woman) they shall not take,[8] and a woman divorced from her husband they shall not take because he[9] is holy before God. 8. You shall sanctify him because he offers the offering of your God. He shall be holy to you because I, Hashem who sanctifies you, am holy. 9. And the daughter of a man (who is a) priest if she defiles herself through “harlotry,” she is desecrated from her father’s holiness;[10] in fire she shall be burned.
(י) וְהַכֹּהֵן֩ הַגָּד֨וֹל מֵאֶחָ֜יו אֲֽשֶׁר־יוּצַ֥ק עַל־רֹאשׁ֣וֹ ׀ שֶׁ֤מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה֙ וּמִלֵּ֣א אֶת־יָד֔וֹ לִלְבֹּ֖שׁ אֶת־הַבְּגָדִ֑ים אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֙ לֹ֣א יִפְרָ֔ע וּבְגָדָ֖יו לֹ֥א יִפְרֹֽם׃ (יא) וְעַ֛ל כׇּל־נַפְשֹׁ֥ת מֵ֖ת לֹ֣א יָבֹ֑א לְאָבִ֥יו וּלְאִמּ֖וֹ לֹ֥א יִטַּמָּֽא׃ (יב) וּמִן־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ לֹ֣א יֵצֵ֔א וְלֹ֣א יְחַלֵּ֔ל אֵ֖ת מִקְדַּ֣שׁ אֱלֹהָ֑יו כִּ֡י נֵ֠זֶר שֶׁ֣מֶן מִשְׁחַ֧ת אֱלֹהָ֛יו עָלָ֖יו אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃ (יג) וְה֕וּא אִשָּׁ֥ה בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ יִקָּֽח׃ (יד) אַלְמָנָ֤ה וּגְרוּשָׁה֙ וַחֲלָלָ֣ה זֹנָ֔ה אֶת־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֣א יִקָּ֑ח כִּ֛י אִם־בְּתוּלָ֥ה מֵעַמָּ֖יו יִקַּ֥ח אִשָּֽׁה׃ (טו) וְלֹֽא־יְחַלֵּ֥ל זַרְע֖וֹ בְּעַמָּ֑יו כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשֽׁוֹ׃ {ס}
(י) וְכַהֲנָא דְאִתְרַבָּא מֵאֲחוֹהִי דְּ יִתָּרִיק עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ מִשְׁחָא דִרְבוּתָא וְדִי קָרִיב יָת קֻרְבָּנֵיהּ לְמִלְבַּשׁ יָת לְבוּשַׁיָּא יָת רֵישֵׁיהּ לָא יְרַבֵּי פֵרוּעַ וּלְבוּשׁוֹהִי לָא יִבְזַע: (יא) וְעַל כָּל נַפְשַׁת מֵתָא לָא יֵיעוֹל לַאֲבוּהִי וּלְאִמֵּיהּ לָא יִסְתָּאָב: (יב) וּמִין מַקְדְּשָׁא לָא יִפּוֹק וְלָא יַחֵל יָת מַקְדְּשָׁא דֶאֱלָהֵיהּ אֲרֵי כְּלִיל מְשַׁח רְבוּתָא דֶאֱלָהֵיהּ עֲלוֹהִי אֲנָא יְיָ: (יג) וְהוּא אִתְּתָא בִּבְתֻלְתָּהָא יִסָּב: (יד) אַרְמְלָא וּמְתָרְכָא וְחַלִּילָא מַטְעֲיָא יָת אִלֵּין לָא יִסָּב אֱלָהֵן בְּתֻלְתָּא מֵעַמֵּיהּ יִסַּב אִתְּתָא: (טו) וְלָא יַחֵל זַרְעֵיהּ בְּעַמֵּיהּ אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ מְקַדְּשֵׁיהּ:
10. And the priest who will be greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil will be poured and who will offer his offering[11] to wear the garments, his head he shall not let wild and his garments he shall not tear. 11. And to[12] all dead souls he shall not come; for his father and for his mother he shall not impurify himself. 12. And from the sanctuary he shall not go out and he shall not desecrate the sanctuary of his God because the crown of his God’s elevation oil[13] is upon him; I am Hashem. 13. He shall take a woman in her virginity (as a wife). 14. A widow, and a divorcee, and a profaned (woman, and a) “harlot” – these he shall not take. Only a virgin from his people shall he take (for) a wife, 15. and he will not desecrate his descendants[14] among his people because I, Hashem, sanctify him.
[1] Rather than “a soul.”
[2] Rather than “a husband.”
[3] Rather than “make a cut.”
[4] As opposed to “fire offerings.”
[5] Rather than “bread.”
[6] Onkelos changes this word from singular to plural.
[7] Referring not to promiscuity per se, but to relations with someone prohibited.
[8] In marriage.
[9] i.e., the priest.
[10] As opposed to “she desecrates her father.”
[11] Rather than “whose hand was filled.”
[12] Literally, “on.”
[13] Rather than “anointing oil.”
[14] Literally, “seed.”
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