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Firstborn [and Animal Tithes] – Bechoros

Festival Offerings

51. Festival Offerings – Chagigah On the festivals (Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos) Jewish men are commanded to visit the Temple and are forbidden to do so without bringing a burnt-offering, as it says “[Three times a year] all your males shall be seen before...
Firstborn [and Animal Tithes] – Bechoros

Sacrilege – Me’ilah

49. Sacrilege – Me’ilah It is forbidden to derive benefit from sacred things (except for those parts of sacrifices that are eaten) or from things forbidden to oneself by a vow, as it says “You must not eat… the vows that you make”.1 If...
Firstborn [and Animal Tithes] – Bechoros

Holy Things That Become Unfit

47. Holy Things that Become Unfit – Pesulei ha-Mukdashin If a sacrifice acquires a blemish or becomes invalid on account of improper sacrificial procedures it is forbidden to eat it, as it says “You shall not eat any abomination”1; and there is a...
Firstborn [and Animal Tithes] – Bechoros

Daily and Additional Sacrifices

46. Daily and Additional Sacrifices – Temidin u-Musafin We are commanded to offer two lambs daily as burnt-offerings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, as it says “Two each day, a regular burnt-offering…”.1 The priests are commanded...