Achrei Mot אַחֲרֵי מוֹת
Commandments in this portion: positive — 2 · negative — 26counted by Sefer HaChinuch
Which commandments
- 184That the priests not enter at any time into the Temple, and all the more so, non priestsשלא יכנסו הכהנים בכל עת במקדש וכל שכן זריםneg.
- 185The commandment of the service of Yom Kippurמצות עבודת יום הכפוריםpos.
- 186Not to slaughter consecrated animals outside of the Temple yardשלא לשחט קדשים חוץ לעזרהneg.
- 187The commandment of covering the bloodמצות כסוי הדםpos.
- 188To not marry one of all the sexual prohibitionsשלא להתחתן באחת מכל העריותneg.
- 189To not reveal the nakedness of the fatherשלא לגלות ערות אבneg.
- 190To not reveal the nakedness of the motherשלא לגלות ערות אםneg.
- 191To not reveal the nakedness of the wife of the father, even though she is not his motherשלא לגלות ערות אשת אב ואף על פי שאינה אמוneg.
- 192To not reveal the nakedness of his sister, from any angle that she is his sisterשלא לגלות ערות אחותו בכל צד שהיא אחותוneg.
- 193To not reveal the nakedness of the daughter of the sonשלא לגלות ערות בת הבןneg.
- 194To not reveal the nakedness of the daughter of the daughterשלא לגלות ערות בת הבתneg.
- 195To not reveal the nakedness of the daughterשלא לגלות ערות הבתneg.
- 196To not uncover the nakedness of his sister from the father, and she is the daughter of the wife of the fatherשלא לגלות ערות אחותו מן האב והיא בת אשת אביוneg.
- 197To not reveal the nakedness of the sister of the fatherשלא לגלות ערות אחות אבneg.
- 198The nakedness of the sister of your mother you shall not revealערות אחות אמך לא תגלהneg.
- 199The nakedness of the brother of your father you shall not revealערות אחי אביך לא תגלהneg.
- 200The nakedness of the wife of the brother of your father, you shall not revealערות אשת אחי אביך לא תגלהneg.
- 201The nakedness of your daughter in law you shall not revealערות כלתך לא תגלהneg.
- 202The nakedness of the wife of your brother you shall not revealערות אשת אחיך לא תגלהneg.
- 203The nakedness of a woman and her daughter, you shall not revealערות אשה ובתה לא תגלהneg.
- 204The nakedness of a woman and the daughter of her sonערות אשה ובת בנהneg.
- 205To not reveal the nakedness of a woman and the daughter of her daughterשלא לגלות ערות אשה ובת בתהneg.
- 206The nakedness of a woman and her sisterערות אשה ואחותהneg.
- 207To not have intercourse with a menstruant womanשלא לבוא על אשה נדהneg.
- 208That we should not give from our seed to Molekhשלא נתן מזרעו למלךneg.
- 209For a man to not have intercourse with malesשלא לבוא על הזכריםneg.
- 210To not lay with a beastשלא לשכב עם בהמהneg.
- 211That women not lay with the beastsשלא תשכבנה הנשים עם הבהמותneg.
Numbering, order and division follow Sefer HaChinuch; the number links to the text.
The service of Yom Kippur: Aharon enters the Holy of Holies once a year, the two goats, the lot, the confession, the goat sent to the wilderness. Then the prohibition of slaughtering outside the sanctuary, the covering of blood, and the forbidden unions with their warning that the land itself vomits out its inhabitants.
Read next on 1 May 2027, 6 May 2028. By the Israeli reading cycle.
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Echoes in the Prophets and history
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How it is read
| First | Vayikra 16:1—16:17 | 17 verses |
|---|---|---|
| Second | Vayikra 16:18—16:24 | 7 verses |
| Third | Vayikra 16:25—16:34 | 10 verses |
| Fourth | Vayikra 17:1—17:7 | 7 verses |
| Fifth | Vayikra 17:8—18:5 | 14 verses |
| Sixth | Vayikra 18:6—18:21 | 16 verses |
| Seventh | Vayikra 18:22—18:30 | 9 verses |
| Maftir | Vayikra 18:28—18:30 | 3 verses |
| Haftarah | Amos 9:7—9:15 on Sefaria | 9 verses |
The text
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