Ramban on Vayikra - Appeasement and Atonement
Rabbi Ezra Bick
What is the meaning of certain sacrifices? We examine Ramban's comments about some of the korbanot at the beginning of Vayikra, and we find ideas about sin as corrupting and mikdash (and Yom Kuppor). as curing. Are sacrifices (and shabbat) for "appeasement" or "finding favor"? Participation in the ritual is about both curing onesself and developing a personal relationship with God.
לשאר השיעורים בסדרה (30)
- Ramban on Lekh Lekha: Fathers and Children - Maaseh Avot Siman LaBanim
- Ramban on Vayakhel Pekudei
- Ramban on Vayeira - Sedom and Pilegesh baGiv'a
- Ramban on Parshat Naso - Your Individual Task
- Ramban on Chayyei Sara: The Burial of Sarah in Eretz Yisrael - the Location of the Cave of Makhpela
- Ramban on Parshat Behaalotecha - Pesach Sheni
- Ramban on Toldot: Did the Avot Keep the Torah?
- Ramban on Shelach: Who Sent the Spies and Why?
- Ramban on Vayishlach: The Massacre in Shechem
- Ramban on Tzav - Derech Eretz
- Ramban on Yitro: Hearing God's Voice at Har Sinai
- Ramban on Parshat Miketz - But We are Guilty For Our Brother
- Ramban on Tazria - Ki HaDavar Nes
- Why is Para Aduma Called "Chuka"?
- Ramban on Vayeshev - "And Yaakov Settled as a Stranger"
- Ramban on Acharei Mot Kedoshim - Sa'ir LaAzazel
- Bilam and the Daughters of Moav
- Ramban on Vaera: The Hardening of Pharoah's Heart
- Ramban on Parshat Emor - Mikraei Kodesh
- Why Kill Midyan and Spare Moav?
- Ramban on Vayechi: BeCharvi u-veKashti - With My Sword and Bow
- Ramban on Behar Bechukotai
- Ramban on Matot Masei - Cities and Name Changes
- Ramban on Bo: HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem - This Month is for You
- Ramban on Bamidbar: "Tifkedu Otam" - Remembrance and Supervision
- God Gave the Land of Moav to the Moabites
- Ramban on Teruma: The Mishkan and the Divine Presence
- Ramban on Rosh HaShana: What is the Secret of the Terua?
- Ramban on Mishpatim: "Justice Belongs to God"
- Ramban on Parshat Ki Tavo