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Parashat Emor (‘ב). A Kohen With a Blemish Is Disqualified. Why Not Have Compassion?

1.2K views · May 9, 2022

Rabbi Shay Tahan

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[Music] pay attention what goes on in this aliyah all kind of blemishes of the quranim the torah lists them one by one and the torah tells us they're disqualified from doing davoda and peter mcdash how is that possible that a person not to his fault he became he had a blemish to his fault he became he had a blemish he was born with a blemish something happened to him in his life he got injured he got wounded and he has a blemish in the body the body makes a difference that akadosh will who with disqualifying person from being a queen and doing that it's a big question today we have compassion for people like that we don't disqualify them from work if you do you get sued the answer is and it tells us that it's not something

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  1. 0:00[Music] pay attention what goes on in this aliyah all kind of blemishes of the quranim…
  2. 0:32to his fault he became he had a blemish he was born with a blemish something…
  3. 1:03that it's not something wrong with the person that has a blemish a boom it's not…
  4. 1:33get elevated he would be very much elevated to very very high levels that's because he…
  5. 2:04someone with a blemish the same as we view somebody that looks good because of that…
  6. 2:49it's a problem within those that observe the cohen that works in beta mikdash [Music] you…

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