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The Book of Vayikra is also called “
Torat Kohanim” – “The Laws of the Priests”. The first portions of the Book of Vayikra pertain to sacrifices, which fall in the bailiwick of the Priests. The portions of Tazria and Metzora discuss the laws of ritual purity. These laws are particularly relevant to the Priests inasmuch as a person who is ritually impure may not administer in the Holy Temple (