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Mei hatat - water into which ashes of the red heifer were mixed; People who were involved in the red heifer procedure and in certain procedures of the Yom Kippur sacrifices; Niddah - a menstruant woman; a man who has had sex with such a woman; the woman's blood, spit, and urine; objects which she has sat, reclined, or rode upon
the Kohen who performed the Red Heifer ritual; [43] one who has contacted a corpse or grave, [44] in addition to having the ashes of the Red Heifer ritual sprinkled upon them; one who has eaten meat from an animal that died naturally. [45]
Kermes is a red dye derived from the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect in the genus Kermes, primarily Kermes vermilio. The Kermes insects are native in the Mediterranean region and are parasites living on the sap of the host plant, the Kermes oak ( Quercus coccifera ) and the Palestine oak ( Quercus calliprinos ).
They’ll mix the ashes of the heifer with water from Israel’s Gihon Spring and other ingredients, and sprinkle that water on members of the priesthood and the workers and tools for the temple.
It was burned with the red heifer (Numbers 19:6) and used for purification of lepers (Leviticus 14:4–6, Leviticus 14:49–51; Numbers 19:18), and at Passover it was used to sprinkle the blood of the sacrificial lamb on the doorposts (Exodus 12:22). [10] A sponge attached to a hyssop branch was used to give Jesus on the cross a drink of ...
Persicaria odorata, with common names Vietnamese coriander, rau răm, laksa leaf (calque from Malay 'daun laksa'), [2] Vietnamese cilantro, phak phai (from Thai: ผักแพว), praew leaf, hot mint, Cambodian mint [3] and Vietnamese mint, [4] is an herb whose leaves are used in Southeast Asian and Northeast Indian cooking.
In contemporary times, all people are considered to be defiled by a type of "impurity" (Hebrew: טומאה tumah) which can only be purified through the ritual of the red heifer (Hebrew: פרה אדומה parah adumah). It has not been possible to perform this sacrifice since the destruction of the Second Temple.
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