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  2. Red heifer - Wikipedia

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    The red heifer (Hebrew: פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה, romanized: parah adumah) was a reddish brown cow sacrificed by Temple priests as a purifcation ritual in biblical times. [ 1 ] Ritual in the Torah

  3. Cattle in religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    The red heifer or red cow is a particular kind of cow brought to priests for sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible. Jews and some Christian fundamentalists believe that once a red heifer is born they will be able to rebuild the Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. [citation needed]

  4. Terumat hamaaser - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Parah - Wikipedia

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    Parah (Hebrew: פָּרָה) is the name of a treatise in the Mishnah and the Tosefta, included in the order Tohorot.The Pentateuchal law (Num. 19) decrees that a red heifer, "wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke," shall be burned and her ashes mixed with spring water, that the compound so obtained may be used to sprinkle and cleanse every one who becomes unclean.

  6. Jewish leaders in Israel needed a red heifer for a temple ...

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    Those five, perfectly unblemished red heifers landed in Israel in September 2022, a feat that cost around $500,000 when you factor in the first-class plane tickets for rabbis to come examine the ...

  7. Special Shabbat - Wikipedia

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    Numbers 19:1-22 (the beginning of Parasha Chukat) describes the parah adumah ("red heifer") in the Jewish Temple as part of the manner in which the kohanim and the Jews purified themselves so that they would be ready ("pure") to sacrifice the korban Pesach.

  8. Tumah and taharah - Wikipedia

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    Impurity due to tzaraat requires waiting seven days, shaving one's hair, washing one's clothes, immersing one's body, and offering a Temple sacrifice to achieve purification. [30] Impurity from touching a corpse requires a special red heifer sacrifice and ritual to achieve purification. [31]

  9. Water of lustration - Wikipedia

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    An unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin, and running water shall be put on them in a vessel. A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a ...