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2. Offertory - Wikipedia

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   The bread and wine, and perhaps other offerings or gifts for the poor or for the Church, are presented by the faithful in a procession to the accompaniment of an offertory chant. The priest places first the bread and then the wine on the altar while saying the prescribed prayers, after which he may incense them together with the cross and the ...

3. Tithes in Judaism - Wikipedia

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   Tithes in Judaism. Harvested grapes in basket and reaped barley. The tithe is specifically mentioned in the Books of Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The tithe system was organized in a seven-year cycle, the seventh-year corresponding to the Shemittah -cycle in which year tithes were broken-off, and in every third and sixth-year of this ...

4. Terumah (offering) - Wikipedia

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   The word terumah refers to various types of offerings, but most commonly to terumah gedolah (תרומה גדולה, "great offering"), which must be separated from agricultural produce and given to a kohen (a priest of Aaron 's lineage), who must eat it in a state of ritual purity. Those separating the terumah unto the priests during the time ...

5. Alms - Wikipedia

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   Collecting the Offering in a Scottish Kirk by John Phillip. The offertory is the traditional moment in the Roman Catholic Mass, Lutheran Divine Service, and Anglican Eucharist, when alms are collected. Baptists and Methodists, among other denominations, collect tithes and offerings (alms) during the offertory in church services. A tithe, the ...

6. First Fruits - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Bikkurim (first-fruits) - Wikipedia

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   Bikkurim (Hebrew: בכורים, / bɪˌkuːˈriːm, bɪˈkʊərɪm /), [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. The laws of this offering appear in the ...