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Bikkurim (Hebrew: בכורים, / b ɪ ˌ k uː ˈ r iː m, b ɪ ˈ k ʊər ɪ m /), [1] or first-fruits, are a type of sacrificial offering which was offered by ancient Israelites. In each agricultural season, the first-grown fruits were brought to the Temple and laid by the altar, and a special declaration recited.
Bikkurim (Hebrew: ביכורים, lit."First-fruits") is the eleventh tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.All versions of the Mishnah contain the first three chapters, and some versions contain a fourth.
First Fruits is a religious offering of the first agricultural produce of the harvest. In classical Greek, Roman, and Hebrew religions, the first fruits were given to priests as an offering to deity. Beginning in 1966 a unique "First Fruits" celebration brought the Ancient African harvest festivals that became the African American holiday, Kwanzaa.
Offering of the Firstfruits (illustration from a Bible card published between 1896 and 1913 by the Providence Lithograph Company) Ki Tavo, Ki Thavo, Ki Tabo, Ki Thabo, or Ki Savo (כִּי-תָבוֹא —Hebrew for "when you enter," the second and third words, and the first distinctive words, in the parashah) is the 50th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual ...
Shavuot was also the first day on which individuals could bring the bikkurim or "first fruits" to the Temple in Jerusalem. [32] Bikkurim were so crucial to Shavuot that the Torah twice describes the holiday as a day of bikkurim; [ 33 ] wheat was ready for harvest, summer fruits were beginning to ripen, and bikkurim were brought.
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The name of the month is an Akkadian language borrowing, although it ultimately originates in Sumerian nisag "first fruits". In the Hebrew calendar it is the first month of the ecclesiastical year, called the "first of the months of the year" (Exodus 12:1-2), "first month" (Ex 12:14), and the month of Aviv (Ex 13:4) בְּחֹ֖דֶשׁ ...