Achare Mot

William Holman Hunt , The Scapegoat (1854)

Achare Mot ( Biblical Hebrew אַחֲרֵי מוֹת 'After the death' [of Aaron's two sons ]) refers to a reading section (called Parascha or Sidra) of the Torah and includes the text Leviticus / Wajikra 16–18 (16 BHS , 17 BHS , 18 BHS ).

It is the cider of the 2nd, 4th or 5th Shabbat in the month of Nissan or, if connected with Kedoshim , of the 2nd Shabbat in the month of Iyar .

Essential content

Permission to enter the Holy of Holies only for the high priest , and also only allowed to him on Yom Kippur
Regulations concerning the atonement
Regulations on sending a billy goat ( Asazel , scapegoat ) into the desert
Regulation to chastise yourself on this day (the 10th of the 7th month)
During the desert migration, all cattle intended for consumption must be treated as a sacrifice of peace, the blood of which must be sprinkled on the altar.
The blood of game must be covered with dust.
Prohibition of sexual contact with certain relatives or persons by marriage
Prohibition of fornication between men, with animals, sexual intercourse with a menstruating woman and with the wife of another

The associated haftorah after Ashkenazic custom Ezekiel 22.1 to 19 BHS , according sephardischem custom Ezekiel 22.1 to 16 BHS .

David Sander: ACHARE MOT . In: Jewish Lexicon . tape I . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1927, Sp. 76 .
Selig Bamberger (translator), Raschi's Pentateuch commentary , Goldschmidt, Basel, fourth edition 2002, pp. 359–366
Sidratext Wajikra / Leviticus 16-18.30. after the Codex L . In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .
Haftaratext Ez 22,1-16. according to the Codex L. In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .

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