Selections
and Notes from Emor in VaYikra – The Call, Leviticus 21.1-24.23
Talk to the priest or priestess within
you
Upon whose head the anointing oil comes
down
You are ordained to wear the vestments
There is a
part of us each that is forever pure and holy
That quality in
us is “ordained to wear the vestments.”
Be holy for I Yah am holy Yah,
YHVH, God
When you are
suffering a blemish (physically, mentally or emotionally)
Refrain from
performing priestly services and make no offerings
Nor accept offerings
to God from others - until you are clean again
If you become unclean
or blemished, wait until evening
Then bathe in clean water.
After sunset you are cleansed again
Whoever brings
offerings to God, whether these be vows
Free-will offerings,
burnt offerings or sacrifice and peace offerings
Bring only the best,
the unblemished as your offerings to God
That you may be
accepted and blessed
Always leave a baby
animal with its mother for seven days
Do not slaughter the
mother and its young on the same day
When possible, don’t kill any animals at all, the babe or
the mother
Follow my word, my
teachings, my guidance
I am hallowed among
the children of Yisra-El
In the community of devotees God is the sacredness in our
midst
Proclaim three
appointed seasons to be holy convocations
Work six days, the
seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest
The first month (Nisan, March-April), the 14th day at dusk
Begins the Passover,
the 15th day is the feast of unleavened bread
Seven days eat
unleavened bread and bring fire offerings to Yah
Fire offerings - fruits of self-discipline, austerities or
sufferings – offered up
Count seven weeks
from the 2nd day of Passover
Number 50 days and
present new offerings unto Yah, to God
Don’t reap the entire
harvest of your land (your earnings)
Leave the corners of
your field for the poor and the stranger
For I am YHVH your God Charitably share a portion of your
income
Have but one law for both
the home born and for strangers, I am Yah
