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Parsha Halacha — Emor 5783

Выпуск: Parsha Halacha — Emor 5783. Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. There is a verse in the Haftorah which seems to contradict the law as stated in the Parsha; “They shall not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of the stock of the House of Israel, or widows who are widows of priests.”1 This differs from the Parsha which states that a regular kohen may marry a widow whereas the Kohen Gadol must marry a virgin.2 There is no kohen who may not marry a widow but may marry the widow of another kohen. ● Not a Chalutzah Although by Torah law a kohen may marry a woman who had chalitzah,6 the sages forbade this as such a woman resembles a divorcee.7 Some say8 that Ezekiel was alluding to this in this verse which should be interpreted as follows: ‫וְהָ אַ לְ מָ נָה אֲשֶׁ ר ִתִּֽ הְ יֶׁה‬ ‫“ – ּאַ לְ מָ נָה מִ כֹּהֵ ן יִקָ חו‬If a widow is only an almanah [and not a chalutzah], some of the kohanim [i.e., a regular kohen as opposed to a Kohen Gadol] may marry her.” ● Assured to be Fit for Kehuna Reb Meir Simcha of Dvinsk explains9 that Yechezkel was prophesying about the return of the Jewish people from the Babylonian exile.10 During the siege of Jerusalem, some of the women may have been raped (G-d forbid) which would render them unfit to marry a kohen.11 The law states that an Israelite may marry (or remain married to) a woman who was raped, even if she was raped by a non-Jew.12 A Kohen, however, may not. This is alluded to in the first verse which describes Yechezkel’s prophecy where it says,21 ‫– הָ יֹּ ה הָ יָה ְדבַ ר ה׳ אֶׁ ל יְחֶׁ זְ קֵ אל בֶׁ ן בּוזִ י הַ כֹּהֵ ן בְ אֶׁ ֶׁרץ כַשְ ִדים‬ “The word of the G-d came to the Ezekiel son of Buzi the Kohen, in the land of the Chaldeans.” The repetition of the words ‫“( הָ יֹּ ה הָ יָה‬came, it came”) can be understood to mean that the word of G-d came to Yechezkel (when he was in the land of the Chaldeans) because it had already come to him in the past (while in Israel). The verse ‫ הָ יֹּ ה הָ יָה ְדבַ ר ה׳ אֶׁ ל יְחֶׁ זְ קֵ אל‬can be understood to mean, “The word of G-d came to Yechezkel (although he was in the land of the Chaldeans) as it had come to mankind in the past (i.e., before the land of Israel

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Parsha Halacha

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5 мая 2023 г.

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4

Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary