﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:22:33 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Mussaria.org - Emor (Leviticus 21:1–24:23)</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/112?CategoryName=Emor-Leviticus-211%E2%80%932423</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpt-Browser/ctl/RSS/mid/449/evl/0/CategoryID/112?CategoryName=Emor-Leviticus-211%E2%80%932423" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:1  defile — LEV866  An important--perhaps the most important--...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116528/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-1-defile-lev866-an-importantperhaps-the-most-important</link><description><![CDATA[LEV866  An important--perhaps the most important--consolation the Jewish tradition offers mourners is its belief in an afterlife. Hence, the advice recorded in the Talmud: "Weep for the mourners and ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:22 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116528/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-1-defile-lev866-an-importantperhaps-the-most-important</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116528]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:1  impurity — LEV867  A regular Kohen shall not bring spiritual ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116529/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-1-impurity-lev867-a-regular-kohen-shall-not-bring-spiritual</link><description><![CDATA[LEV867  A regular Kohen shall not bring spiritual impurity upon himself except in limited circumstances. Owing to the fact that He has chosen the Kohanim to serve in the Beis HaMikdash, Hashem ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:23 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116529/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-1-impurity-lev867-a-regular-kohen-shall-not-bring-spiritual</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116529]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:2  impure  — LEV868  When a close relative of a regular Kohen d...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116530/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-2-impure-lev868-when-a-close-relative-of-a-regular-kohen-d</link><description><![CDATA[LEV868  When a close relative of a regular Kohen dies, the Kohen shall become spiritually impure to mourn and to attend to the needs of the deceased corpse, as any Jew whose close relative dies. When ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:24 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116530/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-2-impure-lev868-when-a-close-relative-of-a-regular-kohen-d</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116530]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:5  gashes — LEV869  No one has the right to injure his own or ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116531/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-5-gashes-lev869-no-one-has-the-right-to-injure-his-own-or</link><description><![CDATA[LEV869  No one has the right to injure his own or anyone else's body, except for therapeutic purposes. Judaism regards the human body as Divine property (Maimonides, Hil. Roze'ah, 1:4) surrendered ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:25 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116531/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-5-gashes-lev869-no-one-has-the-right-to-injure-his-own-or</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116531]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:6  profane — LEV870  See [[LEV243]] Leviticus 18:21 profane LOC...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116532/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-6-profane-lev870-see-lev243-leviticus-1821-profane-loc</link><description><![CDATA[LEV870  See [[LEV243]] Leviticus 18:21 profane LOC 20-21]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:26 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116532/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-6-profane-lev870-see-lev243-leviticus-1821-profane-loc</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116532]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:7  immoral — LEV871  No Kohen shall marry an immoral woman. No ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116533/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-7-immoral-lev871-no-kohen-shall-marry-an-immoral-woman-no</link><description><![CDATA[LEV871  No Kohen shall marry an immoral woman. No Kohen Gadol or regular Kohen may marry a woman who has had intimate relations with a man who she is forbidden to marry. Similarly, if she had ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116533/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-7-immoral-lev871-no-kohen-shall-marry-an-immoral-woman-no</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116533]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:8  kohen — LEV872  LEV8  It is a positive commandment to acco...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116534/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-8-kohen-lev872-lev8-it-is-a-positive-commandment-to-acco</link><description><![CDATA[LEV872  LEV8  It is a positive commandment to accord honor to a kohen: [a direct mail descendent of Aaron] since Scripture says, You shall hallow him [this verse] – –  which means to make him holy ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:28 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116534/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-8-kohen-lev872-lev8-it-is-a-positive-commandment-to-acco</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116534]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:8  sanctify — LEV873  "You shall sanctify him"  This verse oblig...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116535/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-8-sanctify-lev873-you-shall-sanctify-him-this-verse-oblig</link><description><![CDATA[LEV873  "You shall sanctify him"  This verse obligates us to show respect to kohanim -- members of the priestly family. If you speak loshon hora about a kohain in his presence, you violate this ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:29 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116535/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-8-sanctify-lev873-you-shall-sanctify-him-this-verse-oblig</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116535]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:8  sanctify — LEV874  If one speaks lashon hara about a kohen in...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116536/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-8-sanctify-lev874-if-one-speaks-lashon-hara-about-a-kohen-in</link><description><![CDATA[LEV874  If one speaks lashon hara about a kohen in his presence, thereby demeaning him, he transgresses the commandment of וְקִדַּשְׁתֹּ֔ו, “And you shall sanctify Him” (Vayikra 21:8), which ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:30 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116536/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-8-sanctify-lev874-if-one-speaks-lashon-hara-about-a-kohen-in</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116536]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[LEVITICUS | 21:10  superior — LEV875  Priests, the living symbols of a functioni...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116537/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-10-superior-lev875-priests-the-living-symbols-of-a-functioni</link><description><![CDATA[LEV875  Priests, the living symbols of a functioning religion, were are also under orders to present a handsome appearance. The high priest is described in the Bible as "the priest who is superior ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:14:31 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpt-Browser/ArtMID/449/ArticleID/116537/leviticus-chapter-21-verse-10-superior-lev875-priests-the-living-symbols-of-a-functioni</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-116537]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>