Guiding Questions: Leviticus 27

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. This chapter deals with fulfilling vows. How would it relate to the immediately preceding text of Leviticus 26?
  2. Is any indication provided as to how “one is to evaluate” the worth of an item brought to fulfill a vow?
  3. Is any exchange permitted for a creature which has been designated as an offering (Leviticus 27:10-11)?
  4. Should one “pledge his residence”, is there any mode of redeeming it (Leviticus 27:14-15)?
  5. Are there regulations for the pledging of a field and any special regulations regarding a pledge which is made after the jubilee year?
  6. What is the definition of the word “heyrem” as used in Leviticus 27:2829?
  7. Would the closing verse of this particular chapter—which, as well, ends the book of Vayikra—be as appropriate, sequentially, at the end of Leviticus 26?

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