The "ascending offering" (
olah) that is wholly raised to G-d by the
fire atop the Altar;
Five varieties of "meal offering" (
minchah) prepared with fine flour, olive oil and frankincense;
The "
peace offering" (
shelamim), whose meat was eaten by the one bringing the offering, after parts are burned on the Altar and parts are given to the Kohanim (priests);
The different types of "sin offering" (
chatat) brought to atone for
transgressions committed erroneously by the High Priest, the entire community, the king, or the ordinary Jew;
The "
guilt offering" (
asham) brought by one who has appropriated property of the Sanctuary, who is in
doubt as to whether he transgressed a divine prohibition, or who has committed a "betrayal against G-d" by swearing falsely to defraud a
fellow man.
This being the Shabbat that falls on or before the 1st of Nissan, we also read the section of
Hachodesh (Exodus 12:1-20) which relates G-d's words to Moses in Egypt two weeks before the Exodus, instructing us to set the
Jewish calendar by the monthly
new moon and to regard Nissan as the "
head of months." G-d also instructs to bring the
Passover offering, to eat it with
matzah and
bitter herbs, and to abstain from
leaven for seven days.
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