PPP sort of (last week's) What is Mrs. Cohen called? • SH'EIRO - Opening portion of Emor says that a kohen may not become TAMEI to a dead body, except that of SH'EIRO... Rashi says that in this context, it refers to the kohen's wife - Mrs. Cohen. Onkeles, by the way, translates the word as "relative". Sumo wrestlers and the Bell Ringer share this word. • The word is GIBEIN, one of the dis qualifying defects for kohanim. Different commentaries define the word variously. One opinion is hunchback, as in Quasimodo, the bell ringer. Another opinion is that it refers to someone grossly fat. How you ever seen a Sumo wrestler? Another opinion is that it refers to misshapen eyebrows, excessively long ones, or those that merge into one. 15, 7, 7, 1, 8? • This refers to the pasuk about Sukkot - 15th of the 7th month (Tishrei), for 7 days, the 1st is holy (Yom Tov) and the 8th is holy. On what day of the week did the son of the Egyptian do his thing? • The serious answer to this one is Shabbat. Rashi says that this person did what he did at the same time the Wood Gathers did his thing. And/or he ridiculed Shabbat. The flippant answer I was looking for is Thursday, since he was sent to MISHMAR pending instructions. "If it's Thursday, there's Mishmar", and vice versa. Between the 7th and the 1st. Chez Seigel & Beit Levine "No see", he says. One of the other nights
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