This Weekโ€™s Torah Portion Shemini

๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž: Shemini, Sh’mini, or Shmini (ืฉึฐึผืืžึดื™ื ึดื™โ€Ž โ€” Hebrew for “eighth,” the third word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 26th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืื”โ€Ž, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Leviticus. Parashah Shemini tells of the consecration of the Tabernacle, the deaths of Nadab and Abihu, and the dietary laws of kashrut (ื›ึทึผืฉึฐืืจื•ึผืชโ€Ž). The parashah constitutes Leviticus 9:1โ€“11:47. It is made up of 4,670 Hebrew letters, 1,238 Hebrew words, 91 verses, and 157 lines in a Torah Scroll (ืกึตืคึถืจ ืชึผื•ึนืจึธื”โ€Ž, Sefer Torah).

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž: LEVITICUS 9:1-11:47

๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ŸŒฌIn this weekโ€™s Torah portion we read of Aaronโ€™s offering being accepted and then we read about Nadad and Abihu who offered unauthorized incense fire to Yahweh and this was very much rejected. Often many want to jump up and do things they were not anointed, appointed or authorized to do and this leads to grave consequences. You must know through your personal relationship with Yahweh and the Ruach HaKodeshโ€™s leading what you are anointed, appointed and authorized to do. Do not allow just seeing someone do something, just the encouragement of others, envy or desire lead you to offer something to Yahweh under the guise of ministry or worship that He never meant for you to offer. When you step outside of Yahwehโ€™s will He is not obligated to protect you and that strange fire can burn!

Discern your gifts, lane and trust the witness of elders and leaders who encourage you because they were given a Ruach inspired revelation about your gift which allows them to serve as witnesses of confirmation. This does not mean elders or leaders who just want you to function in something they may need you to do but those who are appointed to speak into your life. Anything you do that Yahweh did not anoint, appoint or authorize you to do is strange fire so as Philippians 2:3 states: โ€œDo not do anything through vain ambition.โ€ Do what Yahweh called you to do nothing more and nothing less.

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž: https://www.rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/shemini/fire-holy-and-unholy/

๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Why do you think Nadav and Avihu were punished so harshly?

๐Ÿ“– ๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐คโ€™๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!