Episode 1743: May 17, 2025: Emor (Say) 5785

Website: ESM.USPastor Mark BiltzDownload Notes:https://esm.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/05.17.25-Congregational-Notes-2.pdf-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Torah Portion:פָּרָּ שַׁ ת אֱמֹורEmor“Say”Leviticus 21:1-24:23Ezekiel 44:15-31Matthew 26:59-66Leviticus 21:1,2 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to thepriests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall nonebe defiled for the dead among his people: except for his relativesthat are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, forhis daughter, for his brother.Luke 10:30-32 Yeshua said, A certain man was going downfrom Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who bothstripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: Andwhen he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And in likemanner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him,passed by on the other side.2 Samuel 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lameof his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Sauland Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled:And it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, andbecame lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.