page_title: Emor
hierarchical_section_title: Emor
caption_attribution_description: English: The Blasphemer, as in Leviticus 24:13-23, by Niccolò dell'Abbate (1509 or 1512 – 1571); pen, brown ink, brown wash, and pierre noire on paper; at the Musée du Louvre, Paris; according to the Louvre database, the title of this work is "The stoning of the prophet Jeremiah"
context_page_description: Emor is the 31st weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah describes purity rules for priests, recounts the holy days, describes the preparations for the lights and bread in the sanctuary, and tells the story of a blasphemer and his punishment. The parashah constitutes Leviticus 21:1–24:23. It has the most verses of any of the weekly Torah portions in the Book of Leviticus, and is made up of 6,106 Hebrew letters, 1,614 Hebrew words, 124 verses and 215 lines in a Torah Scroll.
  Jews generally read it in early May, or rarely in late April. Jews also read parts of the parashah, Leviticus 22:26–23:44, as the initial Torah readings for the second day of Passover and the first and second days of Sukkot.
context_section_description: Emor (Hebrew: אֱמֹר‎ — Hebrew for "speak," the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 31st weekly Torah portion (Hebrew: פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah describes purity rules for priests (Hebrew: כֹּהֲנִים‎, Kohanim), recounts the holy days, describes the preparations for the lights and bread in the sanctuary, and tells the story of a blasphemer and his punishment. The parashah constitutes Leviticus 21:1–24:23. It has the most verses (but not the most letters or words) of any of the weekly Torah portions in the Book of Leviticus, and is made up of 6,106 Hebrew letters, 1,614 Hebrew words, 124 verses and 215 lines in a Torah Scroll (Hebrew: סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה‎, Sefer Torah). (Parashah Vayikra has the most letters and words of any weekly Torah portion in Leviticus.)
  Jews generally read it in early May, or rarely in late April. Jews also read parts of the parashah, Leviticus 22:26–23:44, as the initial Torah readings for the second day of Passover and the first and second days of Sukkot.
caption: The Blasphemer (16th Century drawing by Niccolò dell'Abbate)
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