Shabbat - 03/15/08 (8 Adar II 5768)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading is -- Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26). Special Note: This Shabbat is Shabbat Zachor - the Shabbat before Purim. The Maftir reading recalls the treachery of Amalekites and the command to blot out their memory (Deuteronomy 25:17-19). Torah Aliyot and Topics: Aliyah 1: Leviticus 1:1-13 General rules of offerings, Burnt offerings from sheep and goats Aliyah 2: Leviticus 1:14-2:6 Burnt offerings from fowl, Fine flour offering, Oven-baked offering, Pan-baked offering Aliyah 3: Leviticus 2:7-16 Deep-pan offering, Covenant of salt Aliyah 4: Leviticus 3:1-17 Peace offering Aliyah 5: Leviticus 4:1-26 Sin offering, The bull of the anointed Kohen, The bull for a matter that was hidden from the congregation, He-goat of a ruler Aliyah 6: Leviticus 4:27-5:10 Sin offering of an individual, The variable offering, Contamination of the Sanctuary and its sanctities, A spoken oath Aliyah 7: Leviticus 5:11-23 Guilt offering, Guilt offering in case of doubt Last Reading: Leviticus 5:24-26 Guilt offering for thefts For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation