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/Tza•diq•ūtꞋ)B.C.E. 1st century — RabꞋi Hi•leilꞋ, when asked by a gentile to be converted while the RabꞋi stood on one foot, replied: "That which you eschew, don’t inflict on your fellow! That's the entirety of Tōr•âhꞋ. What remains is pei•rush•âhꞋ. Now, go-weave
South From Rᵊphid•imꞋ To Har Sin•aiꞋ
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You shall make a Khag for Me three times/year.
- You shall keep sho•meirꞋ over Khag ha-Matz•otꞋ
- Then there's the harvest of your first annual planting (wheat; Khag ha-Shâvu•otꞋ),
- And the Khag celebrating your gathering of the last harvest of the year from the field (Suk•ōtꞋ).
Three times per year shall each of your
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The Khaj•imꞋ are the times when throngs of Diaspora khajniks visit Yᵊru•shâ•laꞋyim — You shall not boil
Optional parental preparation:
What does "appear toward My Face" mean? (the Khag = pilgrimage)
How is the Arab-Muslim Haj related to the Judaic Khag? (Ans. Arabic haj derives etymologically from Hebrew Khag, which were also pilgrimages – except to Yᵊru•shâ•laꞋyim.
23.16, First Annual Planting – Since barley is planted only about 1 month after Rōsh ha-Shân•âhꞋ, how can wheat, which is planted after the barley is harvested, be the first annual planting? (Ans. It cannot. The day is Y ōm Tᵊrū•âhꞋ, not Rōsh ha-Shân•âhꞋ!
23.16, Last Annual Harvest – How can the last harvest of the year occur 2 weeks after Rōsh ha-Shân•âhꞋ? (Ans. It cannot. The day is Y ōm Tᵊrū•âhꞋ, not Rōsh ha-Shân•âhꞋ!
23.18, bᵊrâkh•âhꞋ – The zëvꞋakh is "made" not by the shᵊkhit•âhꞋ kâ•sheirꞋ (which is required for all meat that is eaten) but, rather its completion with the appropriate bᵊrâkh•âhꞋ over it, specifying it as such, prior to eating.
23.18, PësꞋakh tzōn – "My sacrifice" — i.e. the PësꞋakh tzōn (Bovidae).
23.18, khâ•meitzꞋ – At least up into the 1st century C.E., khâ•meitzꞋ – which distinguished, expanded and inflated its bread, was likened to sectarian doctrine, – which distinguished, expanded and inflated its sect. Ergo, this is a cryptic prohibition against sectarianism..
23.18, Yᵊtzi•âhꞋ matz•âhꞋ – Khâ•meitzꞋ — in commemoration of having left Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim in such haste at the Yᵊtzi•âhꞋ that they had no time to rest the dough to let the khâ•meitzꞋ rise before baking, khâ•meitzꞋ is prohibited during Khag ha-Matz•otꞋ.
The remains — evidence (of the sacrificed animal instead of their firstborn son) — could not remain for the Egyptian soldiers to detect the next morning. The evidence had to be burned during the night. This may be the origin of the "blood libel" canard that Jews eat sons/blood: tales from the Egyptian soldiers may have assumed that the Jews ate their sacrifice, which they were led to believe was the cannibalizing of their sacrificed firstborn sons. "Since the Jews cannibalized their own firstborn sons, then surely they're a threat to eat our sons and drink their blood!"
Since the sacrifice was offered in conjunction with lëkhꞋëm (a Mi•nᵊkh•âhꞋ, popularly "meal offering"), recitation of the bᵊrâkh•âhꞋ over lëkhꞋëm would have been required. As legitimate Yᵊhud•imꞋ well know, and reinforce every Sha•bâtꞋ at least twice, after the bᵊrâkh•âhꞋ over a grape beverage (which covers all foods except lëkhꞋëm), is the bᵊrâkh•âhꞋ over lëkhꞋëm, which covers all foods. During Khag ha-Matz•otꞋ, however, the bᵊrâkh•âhꞋ over lëkhꞋëm may only be recited over matz•âhꞋ, not over khâ•meitzꞋ.
Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:
Can you name the 3 annual Khaj•imꞋ?
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