Emor 5780
Question: Why are the laws regarding פסולי המוקדשים listed after the laws of כהונה, rather than with קרבנות earlier in the ספר?
Approach: It would seem that the rules in the earlier part of the ספר deal with the ideal situations, and how things should be done. Once things go awry with the deaths of נדב and אביהוא, tangents are taken to discuss other matters, before circling back to laws relating to the כהנים, the group who serve and process the קרבנות, then moving to the issues that disqualify כהן from serving, and only then moving onto what would disqualify an animal from being a valid קרבן.
Approach: It would seem that the rules in the earlier part of the ספר deal with the ideal situations, and how things should be done. Once things go awry with the deaths of נדב and אביהוא, tangents are taken to discuss other matters, before circling back to laws relating to the כהנים, the group who serve and process the קרבנות, then moving to the issues that disqualify כהן from serving, and only then moving onto what would disqualify an animal from being a valid קרבן.
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