Talk:Shemini (parashah)

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Nadav and Avihu[edit]

Aaron's children's names are Nadav and Avihu, not Nadab and Abihu. This was my Torah portion for my Bar Mitzvah and I am positive. I think that this should be switched. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.224.212.114 (talk) 20:59, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

REQUEST: Please see the centralized discussion about this subject, relating to sources, links, content, etc at Talk:Chayei Sarah (parsha). Thank you, IZAK (talk) 09:14, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Leviticus 9 is a Bible chapter, not a parashah[edit]

There is no justification for Leviticus 9, which is also part of the Christian Bible, automatically linking to a rabbinical discussion of a parashah.

A majority of potential users of English Wikipedia are not practicing Jews. I will elaborate: a majority are not Jewish, and not all Jews are practicing Judaism and rabbinical studies, but all these people are potentially interested in the Bible for their own cultural and religious reasons. Therefore, when the topic is a particular Bible verse shared by Jews AND Christians and, frankly, the entire humanity, the Bible passage is of interest, not (just) the parasha & discussion in Judaism. Thank you for considering this.

The discussion can be concentrated on this page. Arminden (talk) 11:34, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

With respect, it would seem that your complaint is with the redirect page Leviticus 9 and not with this page. -- Dauster (talk) 21:57, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

notability[edit]

Can we use the Torah as a reference to a Torah portion? Seems like a violation of Wikipedia's basic notability rules. NewkirkPlaza (talk) 23:04, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just as we would cite to chapters of Jane Austen when writing about her novels, I'd argue that one should be able to cite to Biblical verses when writing about the Bible. Dauster (talk) 02:00, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]