Leviticus 1: Wholly Sacrifices

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Jan 4, 2026 · 4m

“If your offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you shall make your offering a male without blemish. You shall bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, for acceptance in your behalf before God” (verse 3).אִם־עֹלָה קָרְבָּנוֹ מִן־הַבָּקָר זָכָר תָּמִים יַקְרִיבֶנּוּ אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד יַקְרִיב אֹתוֹ לִרְצֹנוֹ לִפְנֵי ה׳׃The Hebrew word for “without blemish” is תָּמִים (tamim). The word first appears early in Genesis describing Noah:“This is the line of Noah.—Noah was a righteous man; he was without blemish in his age; Noah walked with God.—” (Genesis 6:9).אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת…