Shemini 5786 A call to Holiness

Parashat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1–11:47) contains the following statistics and commandments: Verses: 91; Words: 1,238; Letters: 4,670Commandments (Mitzvot): 17 (6 positive and 11 negative commandments, based on Sefer ha-Chinuch)Theme for this Torah portion as we will especially see, we can either do things God's way, which will lead to life and blessing or we can choose to do our own way, that will lead to death and curses.The whole Book ofLeviticus is all about instructing us how to draw near to Hm and that's why He says to us “to be holy even as I am Holy”.