🔥 Chamishi 25, 6027 AA 🔥 - Announcement PLUS Handling Leftover Offerings

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🔥 Handling Leftover Offerings

In our journey of service, every offering has its purpose. Yet, sometimes offerings become blemished, or they approach expiration. YHVH provides clear guidance on how to honor these gifts without compromising holiness. Today, we focus on the mitzvot concerning leftover offerings — ensuring they are handled respectfully and according to the Torah.

1. Recognizing Imperfect Offerings
Offerings may be rendered invalid for consumption due to blemishes or impurity. The Torah teaches that these are not to be treated casually or discarded without purpose(Leviticus 22:20–25). They must either be burned completely or removed from sacred consumption, depending on the type of offering.

2. Expiring Offerings
Certain offerings have a limited window for consumption. Once expired, they can no longer be eaten, even by priests, and must be destroyed appropriately. This prevents profaning what is holy and preserves reverence for the Temple service (Leviticus 7:15–18).

3. Proper Disposal or Repurposing
- Burning on the Altar: Some blemished offerings are fully burned as an act of atonement or purification.
- Priestly Consumption Limits: Only valid offerings may be eaten, and only within the correct time frame.
- No Secular Use: Leftover sacred offerings cannot be sold, used for mundane purposes, or given to non-priests.

4. Spiritual Lesson
Even what seems “leftover” has a divine order. Just as offerings must be handled with care, our actions and time are also holy gifts. We are reminded to steward all that YHVH entrusts to us, discerning what is set apart and what is ready to be released.

🔥 REMINDERS

• Leftover or blemished offerings are not meaningless — mishandling them brings disfavor.
• Every portion of service is holy and accountable.
• 🔥 REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR ARMOR DAILY!

🙏 PRAYER

Baruk YHVH, thank You for the guidance in caring for what is holy. Teach us to discern, honor, and properly handle all that You entrust to us, even when it seems imperfect or expired. May we always serve with diligence and reverence. Baruk YHVH.

📚 RESOURCES

Mitzvot Teachings