Sedra of the Week
By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Efrat, Israel-- "And G-d spoke unto Moses saying: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel which they sacrifice unto me so that they profane not My holy name, I am G-d!" [Lev. 22:1-2]
The theme of the priesthood, explored in our portion of Emor, is further amplified in the Haftorah, where we read, "And they [the priests] shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the ritually impure and the ritually pure. And in a controversy they shall stand to judge...and they shall hallow my Sabbaths." [Ezekiel 44:23-24]