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Vayikra 9:1—11:47 · 91 verses · 26 of 54

Commandments in this portion: positive — 6 · negative — 11counted by Sefer HaChinuch

Which commandments
  1. 149That the priests not enter the Temple with grown hairשלא יכנסו הכהנים למקדש מגדלי שערneg.
  2. 150That the priests not enter the Temple with torn clothesשלא יכנסו הכהנים למקדש קרועי בגדיםneg.
  3. 151That the priests not go out from the Temple at the time of the serviceשלא יצאו הכהנים מן המקדש בשעת עבודהneg.
  4. 152To not enter the Temple intoxicated, and likewise to not give a ruling intoxicatedשלא להכנס שתויי יין במקדש וכן שלא יורה שתויneg.
  5. 153The command of checking the signs of a beast or animalמצות בדיקת סימני בהמה וחיהpos.
  6. 154To not eat an impure beast or animalשלא לאכל בהמה וחיה טמאהneg.
  7. 155The commandment to check the signs of fishמצות בדיקת סימני דגיםpos.
  8. 156To not eat impure fishשלא לאכל דג טמאneg.
  9. 157To not eat impure fowlשלא לאכל עוף טמאneg.
  10. 158The commandment of checking the signs of grasshoppersמצות בדיקת סימני חגביםpos.
  11. 159The commandment of the impurity of the eight swarming creaturesמצות טמאת שמנה שרציםpos.
  12. 160The commandment of the matter of impurity of foodsמצות ענין טמאת אכליןpos.
  13. 161The commandment of the matter of the impurity of a carcassמצות ענין טמאת נבלהpos.
  14. 162To not eat the swarming creature of the groundשלא לאכל שרץ הארץneg.
  15. 163To not eat species of minute swarming creatures born in seeds and fruitsשלא לאכל מיני שרצים דקים הנולדים בזרעים ובפרותneg.
  16. 164To not eat of the swarming creatures of the watersשלא לאכל משרץ המיםneg.
  17. 165To not eat of swarming creatures that exist from decayשלא לאכל מן השרצים המתהוים מן העפושneg.

Numbering, order and division follow Sefer HaChinuch; the number links to the text.

On the eighth day Aharon offers and fire comes out from before God; the people fall on their faces. Nadav and Avihu bring strange fire and die, and Aharon is silent. The portion ends with the signs of permitted and forbidden creatures—the cloven hoof and the cud, fins and scales.

Read next on 3 April 2027, 22 April 2028. By the Israeli reading cycle.

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How it is read

FirstVayikra 9:1—9:1616 verses
SecondVayikra 9:17—9:237 verses
ThirdVayikra 9:24—10:1112 verses
FourthVayikra 10:12—10:154 verses
FifthVayikra 10:16—10:205 verses
SixthVayikra 11:1—11:3232 verses
SeventhVayikra 11:33—11:4715 verses
MaftirVayikra 11:45—11:473 verses
HaftarahII Samuel 6:1—7:17 on Sefaria40 verses

The text

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