Laws of Worship of God

Definition and Prohibition of Idolatry

Laws of Objects of Foreign Worship

Laws of Dissociation from Idolatry and its Worshippers

Gentile Practices of the Body and Clothing

Laws of the Shekel-coin Contribution

Laws of Gifts to the Priesthood

Additional Gifts to the Priesthood

Laws of Temple Workers

Laws of Building the Temple and its Furnishings

The Temple Building

Laws of the Sanctity of the Temple

Laws of Priestly Garments

Conditions that Forbid One from Entering the Temple and Serving in It

Laws of Those Disqualified from Service

Laws of Animal Sacrifices

Forbidden Incineration

Laws of Vegetal Offerings

Choosing Sacrifices

Laws of Sacrifice Obligations

Laws of Sacrificing Outside the Temple

Laws of Regular and Additional Shabbat Sacrifices

Laws of Additional Holiday Sacrifices

Laws of Animal Sacrifice Disqualifications

Laws of Fowl Sacrifice Disqualifications

Laws of Meal Offering Disqualifications

Laws of Disqualifications of Thought

Laws of Disqualified Sanctified Items

Laws of the Yom Kippur Service

Laws of Misappropriation of Items Sanctified for the Altar

Laws of Misappropriation of Items Sanctified for Temple Maintenance

Laws of the Sacrifice of the Paschal Offering

Laws of Eating the Paschal Offering

Laws of the Festival Offering

Laws of Animal Firstlings

Laws of the Animal Tithe

Laws of the Fixed Sin-offering

Laws of the Guilt-offering

Laws of the Variable Offerings

Laws of the Offerings for Errors of the Court or the Anointed Priest and Sin-offerings of the Leader

Laws [of the Offerings] of the Zava and the Woman that Gave Birth

Laws [of the Offerings] of the Zav

Laws of the Offerings of the Metsora

Laws of Substitution of Offerings

Hilchot Pesach Sheni

Building of the Temple

Daughters of Priests

Days of the Inauguration

Eating a Sacrifice

Entering the Temple

Gifts to the Priests

Inauguration-offerings (מלואים)

Laws of Foreign Worship

Leaning on the Sacrifices

Lighting of the Menorah

Machatzit Hashekel

Misappropriation

Priestly Shifts

Priests Drinking Wine

Priests and the Division and Possession of the Land

Redemption of a Donkey

Sacrifices of the Eighth Day

Sacrificial Rite

Salting of the Sacrifices

Service of the Levites

Slaughter of Sacrifices

Sprinkling of the Blood

Substitutions of Sacrifices

The Priestly Service

The priestly service consisted of ritual worship carried out by priests in the Tabernacle (Mishkan) and later in the Temple. The service included offering daily sacrifices, cleaning and preparing the altar for sacrifice, arranging the menorah for lighting, offering the ketoret, and more. Particulars of the service are discussed in detail in the book of Leviticus and in the fifth order of the Mishnah and Talmud, Kodashim.

Tribal Chieftains' Offerings

Wives of High Priests

Wives of Priests

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