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This Week's Torah Portion

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This Week's Torah Portion

Emor
אֱמֹר
Speak

The Eternal One said to Moses: "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: None shall defile himself for any [dead] person among his kin, . . ."  - Leviticus 21:1

Torah

Leviticus 21:1−24:23

Haftarah

Ezekiel 44:15-31

When

/ 10 Iyar 5784

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