Schemini

Nadab and Abihu are killed (watercolor by James Tissot , around 1900)

Schemini ( Biblical Hebrew שְׁמִינִי 'Eighth' [= the eighth day of initiation]) denotes a reading section (called Parascha or Sidra) of the Torah and includes the text Leviticus / Wajikra 9–11 (9 BHS , 10 BHS , 11 BHS ).

It is the cider of the 4th or 5th Shabbat in the month of Nissan or the 4th Shabbat in the month of Adarscheni .

Essential content

• As priests, Aaron and his sons celebrate the first whole and peace offering.
• The two eldest sons Nadab and Abihu , who make an unordered fire offering in the tabernacle of their own accord, are killed by fire by God.
• Prohibition of wine and intoxicating drinks for priests before entering the sanctuary
• The priests and their families are to consume the breast and the club of the peace offerings made.
• Diet laws :
  • Ruminants with split claws are allowed from cattle.
  • Those with fins and scales are allowed from aquatic animals.
  • Regarding birds, the forbidden ones are listed (including the hoopoe , which was elected national bird in Israel in 2008).
  • Of small winged animals, those with jumping feet above their feet are permitted, all others are prohibited.
• Touching the carrion (newela), even the clean animals, if they have not been slaughtered, contaminates people, clothes, equipment etc .; However, food only if it has come into contact with water beforehand.

Haftara

The associated Haftara is according to Ashkenazi custom 2 Sam 6–7.17 (6 BHS ; 7.1–17 BHS ), according to Sephardic custom 2 Sam 6,1–19  BHS .

literature

• David Sander: SCHEMINI . In: Jewish Lexicon . tape IV / 2 . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1927, Sp. 179 f . ( uni-frankfurt.de ).
• Selig Bamberger (translator), Raschi's Pentateuch commentary , Goldschmidt, Basel, fourth edition 2002, pp. 334–345.
• Sidratext Wajikra / Leviticus 9-11.47. after the Codex L . In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 . 
• Haftaratext 2 Sam 6–7,17. according to the Codex L. In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 . 

Web links

• talmud.de: About the Schemini weekly segment
• Jewish Agency for Israel: Sidra Schemini
• Elisa Klapheck: Schmini - God's back was visible. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, April 20, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 . 
• Walter Rothschild : Schmini - zero per mille. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, April 28, 2017, accessed April 28, 2018 . 
• Walter Rothschild : Schmini - The dietary laws do not serve the body, but the soul. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, April 24, 2015, accessed April 28, 2018 . 
• Walter Rothschild : Schmini - spiritual food. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, April 12, 2013, accessed April 28, 2018 . 
• William Wolff : Schmini - respect for the kashrut. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, April 8, 2016, accessed April 28, 2018 . 
• Salomon Almekias-Siegl: Schmini - "Keep yourselves holy!" In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, March 28, 2014, accessed April 28, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 114 (414 pp.).