Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Parashat Shemini This Shabbat we read Parashat Shemini. The parasha contains two important topics that are related in an interesting way. The reading opens after the miluim ceremony, the initiation of the altar in the Mishkan. This is the eighth day of the installation of the priests into their service. (Rashi, Vayikra 9:1) The end of this ceremony is particularly powerful: