This week's portion describes the major sacrifices that are to be offered by the Jewish people, including those that are offered only by the priestly Kohen class, and physical requirements of the people (men) who serve in that role.
Inter alia, there are interesting commandments -- such as an injection to treat animals with respect and care, first, by letting a mother animal nurse her offspring for a week before being offered in any sacrifice; and second, by refraining from slaughtering an animal and its offspring on the same day.
The commandments regarding animals remind us of the purpose of those regarding human beings: to uphold a divine connection, through ritual.
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111878/jewish/Rabbi-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari-Hakodosh.htm
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This week’s portion is among the most severe in its prohibitions — on improper sacrifices, on inappropriate sexual relations, and much more.
At the same time, it also contains some of the most compassionate principles of the Old Testament, including the commandment to consider a convert as if he/she had been a member of the people since birth.
The idea is that restraint and ritual, while complex and incomprehensible at times, have a foundation of love that is deep and unconditional.
The additional reading, from Amos 9:7-15, is one of the shortest of the year, but also one of the most profound. It describes the exile and subsequent redemption of the Jewish people, it returns so complete that the new nation is literally built from the ruins of the old.
