Parashat Acharei Mot

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Parashat Acharei Mot is a weekly Torah portion in the Book of Leviticus that primarily details Yom Kippur rituals, laws of holiness, and prohibitions related to sexual conduct and idolatry.

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Label Occurrences
Parashat Acharei Mot canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parashah ⓘ
section of the Book of Leviticus ⓘ
weekly Torah portion ⓘ
addresses defilement of the land by sexual sins ⓘ
separation of Israel from the practices of Egypt and Canaan ⓘ
associatedFigure Aaron ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
beginsAt Leviticus 16:1 ⓘ
linked to: Leviticus 16
bookNumberInTorah 3 ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Masoretic Text ⓘ
describes entry of the High Priest into the Holy of Holies ⓘ
service of the High Priest on Yom Kippur ⓘ
endsAt Leviticus 18:30 ⓘ
followedBy Parashat Kedoshim ⓘ
follows Parashat Metzora ⓘ
genre legal and ritual text ⓘ
halakhicContent laws of ritual purity related to the sanctuary ⓘ
laws of sacrificial worship ⓘ
sexual ethics ⓘ
includedIn Jewish liturgical lectionary ⓘ
includesLaw centralization of sacrificial worship ⓘ
command to keep God’s statutes and ordinances ⓘ
fasting and self-affliction on Yom Kippur ⓘ
prohibition of Molech worship ⓘ
prohibition of adultery ⓘ
prohibition of bestiality ⓘ
prohibition of eating blood ⓘ
prohibition of incestuous relationships ⓘ
prohibition of male homosexual intercourse ⓘ
prohibition of offering sacrifices outside the Tabernacle ⓘ
sending the scapegoat to the wilderness ⓘ
sprinkling of blood in the Holy of Holies ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse read in the annual Torah reading cycle ⓘ
sections read on Yom Kippur morning in many traditions ⓘ
nameInHebrew אַחֲרֵי מוֹת ⓘ
narrativeContext after the death of Aaron’s two sons ⓘ
oftenCombinedWith Parashat Kedoshim ⓘ
openingWords Vayedaber Adonai el Moshe acharei mot shnei bnei Aharon ⓘ
parashahNumberInAnnualCycle 29 ⓘ
parashahNumberInLeviticus 7 ⓘ
partOf Book of Leviticus ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
primaryTheme Yom Kippur rituals ⓘ
holiness laws ⓘ
prohibitions against idolatrous practices ⓘ
prohibitions of illicit sexual relations ⓘ
relatedConcept Day of Atonement ⓘ
linked to: Yom Kippur
tradition Judaism ⓘ
translationOfName After the death ⓘ

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Leviticus 18:5 → locatedInWork → Parashat Acharei Mot ⓘ