- Hebrew name
- שְׁמִינִי
- Book
- Leviticus
- Verses
- Lv 9,1–11,47
- Haftara
- 2 S 6,1–7,17
Two sons of Aaron die bringing unauthorized fire, and the text notes that Aaron "was silent" — a silence that the memory of mourning retained. Then come the laws of permitted and forbidden, kashrut, which would become the most visible daily marker of Jewish belonging and one of the most costly to maintain in diaspora.