Commandments
According to Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are 11 positive and 5 negative commandments in the parshah:
- To carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the Torah (Leviticus 1:3.)
- To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the Torah (Leviticus 2:1.)
- Not to burn honey or yeast on the altar (Leviticus 2:11.)
- Not to omit the salt from sacrifices (Leviticus 2:13.)
- To salt all sacrifices (Leviticus 2:13.)
- The Sanhedrin must bring an offering when it rules in error. (Leviticus 4:13.)
- To bring a sin offering for transgression (Leviticus 4:27.)
- Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court. (Leviticus 5:1.)
- To bring an offering of greater or lesser value (if the person is wealthy, an animal; if poor, a bird or meal offering) (Leviticus 5:7-11.)
- Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offering (Leviticus 5:8.)
- Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoers (Leviticus 5:11.)
- Not to put frankincense on meal offerings (Num. 5:15.)
- One who profaned property must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice. (Leviticus 5:16.)
- To bring an offering when uncertain of guilt (Leviticus 5:17-18.)
- To return the robbed object or its value (Leviticus 5:23.)
- To bring an offering when guilt is certain (Leviticus 5:25.)
(See Sefer HaHinnuch: The Book of Education. Translated by Charles Wengrov, 2:3–73. Jerusalem: Feldheim Pub., 1984. ISBN 0-87306-296-5.)
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