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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.
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 ...
According to The Jerusalem Post, the red heifer appears in a portion of the Book of Numbers 19:3 that reads “This is the ritual law that God has commanded: Instruct the Israelite people to bring ...
Cattle is rarely raised for meat; 58% of cattle in the country is used for draught animal power (DAP). [89] Few people eat beef, and there is a general dislike of beef (especially among the Bamar and Burmese Chinese), [90] [91] although it is more commonly eaten in regional cuisines, particularly those of ethnic minorities like the Kachin. [92]
According to rabbinical sources, the kallal was a small stone urn kept in the Tabernacle and later in the Jewish temple in Jerusalem which contained the ashes of a red heifer. The Hebrew Bible does not mention any urn in the Numbers 19 account. [1] Kallal is the Aramaic word for a stone vessel or pitcher.
Corpse uncleanness (Hebrew: tum'at met) is a state of ritual uncleanness described in Jewish halachic law.It is the highest grade of uncleanness, or defilement, known to man and is contracted by having either directly or indirectly touched, carried or shifted a dead human body, [1] or after having entered a roofed house or chamber where the corpse of a Jew is lying (conveyed by overshadowing).
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
At the same time, red meat, including beef, is categorized by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a Group 2A carcinogen, meaning it "probably" causes cancer to humans - though the ...