Parashat Beḥukotai
27 Iyar, 5779 / June 1, 2019
Triennial Cycle III: Lev. 27:1-34
Ḥumash Etz Ḥayim, page 753
Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19-17:14, page 762
We stand as the last verse of the Book of Leviticus is chanted. At the completion of the reading we chant:
ḥazak, ḥazak v’nit-ḥazaik — “Be strong, be strong and let us be strengthened.”
Professor Baruch Levine titles this chapter “Funding the Sanctuary,” and he comments, “It is likely that chapter 27 was appended to the Book of Leviticus. From a purely textual perspective, the Epilogue (26:3-46) would seem to be a suitable conclusion to the book. But in order to include in Leviticus a matter of central importance, the funding of the sanctuary, chapter 27 was added. Maintaining the physical plant of the sanctuary was certainly costly, and it was necessary to provide the materials used in public sacrifice and to support the clergy.”
- 1. (27:1-8) Laws concerning a vow to donate the valuation of a person and of an animal to the Temple. The Torah sets forth specific shekel amounts for different aged males and females.
- 2. (27:9-13) Pledges of animals to the sanctuary.
- 3. (27:14-25) Laws concerning the redemption of houses and fields.
- 4. (27:26-29) Laws of the redemption of the firstborn and the devotion of property to the Temple.
- 5. (27:30-33) Laws concerning the tithe of fruit, sheep and cattle.
- 6. (27:34) The conclusion of the Book of Leviticus.
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