1) Ch. 16, v. 1: "Va'y'da'beir Hashem el Moshe acha'rei mose shnei bnei Aharon" And Hashem spoke to Moshe after the death of two sons of Aharon Rashi comments: "Mah talmud lomar?" He then brings the parable of Rabbi Elozor ben Azarioh of two doctors who warn a person. What bothers Rashi with the beginning of our verse, how does the parable answer his concern, and how is it alluded to in the verse itself?
2) Ch. 16, v. 2: "Ki be'onon eiro'eh" Because in a cloud I shall be seen It was the opinion of the Tzidokim that first one lights the incense and only after it is already smoking, does the Kohein Godol enter the Holy of Holies, and this seems to be the simple understanding of these words. However, they are wrong, as we see from the mishnoh in the 1st chapter of Yoma. Nevertheless, what is the "pshuto shel mikra" application?
3) Ch. 16, v. 16: "Hashochein itom b'soch tumosom" Who rests with them in their defilement Rashi (gemara Yoma 56b) says that these words teach us that even when the bnei Yisroel are ch"v defiled through their sins, Hashem does not forsake them, and still rests among them. When does Hashem distance Himself?
4) Ch. 17, v. 13: "Chayoh o ofe asher yei'ocheil v'shofach es domo v'chisohu be'ofor" An undomesticated animal or a bird that may be eaten and he spilled its blood and he shall cover it with earth Why does this law apply only to "chayoh" and "ofe," but not to "b'heimoh," a domesticated animal?
5) Ch. 18, v. 18: "V'ishoh el achosoh lo sikoch" And a woman to her sister shall you not take Why doesn't the verse straightforwardly state, "V'achos ish't'cho lo sikach," and the sister of your wife you shall not take?
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