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Why are these korbanos waved?
A few offerings are waved (moved upward, downward, back, and forth) as a part of the process of offering them. If I'm not mistaken, the following is a complete list:
The asham of the m'tzora, while ...
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How to collect Bikurim practically?
So we know that Bikurim was collected by tying a reed to the first fruit of a particular field when it would be found budding. We also know that Chazal say to give 1 60th of one's produce as Bikurim. ...
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What's in the new bit of Jerusalem Talmud?
I just read a news story about a newly discovered sentence-long fragment of the Jerusalem Talmud that apparently resolves a previously unintelligible section of Tractate Bikkurim.
Does anyone know ...
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Arami Oved Avi Vayerd Mitzraimah
The Declaration ( Viduy )said when bringing the BIKKURIM includes saying “An Armenian wanted to destroy my father, and he went down to Egypt” Yaakov had many things Happen to him why choose the ...
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Bicurim from something planted in a pot
The Rambam writes the following
הגדל בעציץ אע"פ שהוא נקוב והגדל בספינה אינו מביא ממנו כל עיקר שנאמר
בארצם. אבל מביא מן הגדל בגג או בחורבה
— essentially saying that bicurim is not brought from ...
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Bikkurim Baskets
Why do the poor have to give away their wicker baskets yet the rich get back their gold baskets and I know the Gemara says this proves that wealth goes to wealth and poor goes to poor but why IS THE ...
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Why not say mishna (M'nachos 61) means to exclude R' Y'huda?
There's a dispute between tanaim as to when the bikurim were waved (t'nufa): Rabi Eliezer ben Yaakov says they were were waved during viduy, while Rabi Y'huda says they were waved after viduy. ...
