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Why was Cow so Important and prefered as sacrifice over other animals in Bani Israel?
I read a lot about cows used in sacrifice , what is the reason that Cows were sacrificed and what was the importance of Cows for Bani Israel
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Why do we think of the korban pesach as a sheep, not as a goat?
Ask many a grade-schooler (and many an adult, for that matter) what animal the korban pesach is, and he'll tell you "a sheep".[1]
In fact, it can be a sheep or a goat. (It's explicit in chumash ...
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First-born animals today
From what I understand, the laws of "bechor behemah tehorah" (kosher first-born animal) are still in effect today, both in Israel and outside. To avoid problems with this, we sell a share of the ...
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Was it only the tamid whose head was near the altar, and face toward the hechal?
The korban tamid was slaughtered north of the altar (mizbeach). Its body was oriented lengthwise so that its head was toward the altar, and rotated so that its face was directed toward the hechal. A ...
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Why do/did Jews sacrifice animals?
What's the purpose of sacrificing animals in Jewish tradition/law?
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When a sacrifice calls for “two turtledoves or two common doves”, can it be one of each?
There are places in the Torah that call for an offering of "two turtledoves, or two common doves" (as translated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan), e.g. Leviticus 12:8.
Could s/he bring one of each kind, ...
