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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.
Fruits were selected for the offering as follows: Upon visiting his field and seeing a fig, or a grape, or a pomegranate that was ripe, the owner would tie a cord of reed-grass or similar fiber around the fruit, saying, "This shall be among the bikkurim." According to Simeon, he had to repeat the express designation after the fruit had been ...
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 ...
The meat of Israelites' sin- and guilt-offerings [14] Various priestly gifts: terumah gedolah, Bikkurim (First-fruits), herem, bechor, pidyon haben [15] The first tithe [16] Terumat maaser [17] Spoils given to Eleazar after the war with Midian [18] In Ezekiel's prophecy, gifts that were to be given to the nasi (prince or king) [19]
Bikkurim (First-fruits) 13. the inner organs of certain offerings, that which is removed from the Nazirite offering 14. the skins of certain offerings. Ten gifts which might be given (or consumed) outside of Jerusalem were: 15. Terumah gedolah 16. Terumat hamaaser – a tithe of the Levite's tithe 17. Challah (Dough offering)
The Mishna states that only first fruits of the Seven Species could be brought to the Temple in Jerusalem as offerings. Wheat fields, vineyards and olive groves are still a salient feature of the Israeli landscape today. Figs, olives, pomegranates and dates are common ingredients in the cuisine of Israel. [3]
The First Fruits festivals of the Nguni peoples in Southern Africa [1] are a type of sacrificial ceremony of giving the first fruits in a harvest to God believed to be responsible for the abundance of food. It was performed by the high priests of the kingdom, and the king was always in attendance.
The first tithe (Hebrew: מעשר ראשון, romanized: maʿśēr rîshôn) is a positive commandment in the Torah requiring the giving of one tenth of agricultural produce to charity, after the giving of the standard terumah, to the Levite (or Kohen). This tithe is required to be free of both monetary and servicial compensation.