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Shalom Parshat Emor second Aliyah. In the beginning of this Aliyah the Torah describes the blemishes the mumim that cause a Cohen to be invalid for service in the Beit Hamikdash. The Torah has a whole list. What's interesting is that although the Torah makes it seem that when a Cohen is baal mum blemished he can't do any of the service in Beit Hamikdash that's not entirely true. If you look in the Mishna in the second perek of Masechet Middot the Rambam brings it down in Halacha in perek
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- 0:02Shalom Parshat Emor second Aliyah. In the beginning of this Aliyah the Torah describes the blemishes…
- 0:33brings it down in Halacha in perek av Hilchot Beit Hamikdash even blemished Kohanim who could…
- 1:04limitations on what a person can do in how he serves the tzibur there are halachot…
- 1:34tremendous lesson for all of us. Never get down about what you can't do. Ask not…
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