A panoramic view of Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim with a focus on the following questions:
● What is the connection between Acharei Mos & Kedoshim?
● What is the connection between Avodas Yom Kippur & the Arayos?
● Is there any structure to the "Miscellaneous Mitzvah Mishkabobble" in Kedoshim?
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Structure to Mitzvos in Kedoshim:
1. Kedoshim Tihiyu
2. Mora Av VaEim (revere parents) & Shabbos
3. Avodas Elilim/Elohei Maseichah
4. Zevachim/Pigul & Matnas Ani'im
Matanos include:
○ Pe'ah/Leket of Field
○ Oleil/Peret of Vineyard
5. Societal Laws:
□ SUBSET A - Honesty in Business:
○ Geneivah (theft)
○ Hakchashah (denial)
○ L'Shakeir (to lie)
○ Shevuas Sheker (swear falsely)
□ SUBSET B - Business/Social Tyranny; Taking Advantage of Underlings:
○ Oshek (cheating in business)
○ Gezel (robbery, outward)
○ Linas Peulas Sachir (withhold wages)
○ Killelas Cheireish (cursing the deaf)
○ "Lifnei Iveir..." (misguiding the unsuspecting)
□ SUBSET C - Perversion of Justice, "Avel BaMishpat":
○ Sisa P'nei Dal (favoring the poor)
○ Se'dar P'nei Gadol (honoring the "great")
○ B'Tzedek Tishpot (judge fairly)
○ Rechilus (gossip)
○ Ha'amadah Al Dam (neglecting someone in danger)
□ SUBSET D - Love of Mankind:
○ Sinas Achim (hating brother)
○ Hochachah (proper rebuke)
○ Lo Sisa Alav Cheit*
(*Rashi: embarrassing; See Ramban, Meshech Chochmah)
○ Nekamah (vengeance)
○ Netirah (bear grudge)
○ "V'Ohavta L'Rei'acha Kamocha" (love your fellow...)
》》》Transition to Chukim《《《
6. Forbidden Mixtures:
○ Kil'ei Beheimah (crossbreeding animals)
○ Kil'ei Zera'im/Kerem (crossbreeding plants)
○ Kil'ei Begadim/Sha'atneiz (combining "fibers")
○ Shifchah Charufah* (cohabitation with a half-free slave-woman)
7. Orlah/Rev'ai (Restrictions on Produce of 3rd/4th year)
8. Disgraceful Practices:
□ SUBSET A - Intellectual & Bodily
○ Achilah Al Dam** ("eating by blood" Lav SheB'Klalos)
○ Nichush (divination)
○ S'onein (following omens)
○ Hashchasas Pe'as Rosh (destroying Peyos)
○ Hashchasas Pe'as Zekan ("..." beard)
○ Seritah (body mutilation/cutting)
○ Kesoves Ka'ka (tattooing)
□ SUBSET B - Kedushah/Taharah (& the Land):
○ Zenus (harlotry)
○ Shabbos & Mora Mikdash (revere the Mikdash)
□ SUBSET C - Communication with the Dead/Future Seeking:
○ Ov
○ Yid'oni
9. Respect:
□ SUBSET A - Your "Elders"*:
○ "M'Pnei Seivah" (standing for elder)
○ Hadaras Zakein (honoring a "sage"*)
□ SUBSET B - The Convert:
○ Ona'ah (taunting him)
○ Ahavah (love him)
10. Corrupt Weights & Measures
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