Bechukotai

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Bechukotai or Behukotaj ( Biblical Hebrew בְּחֻקֹּתַי 'In my statutes' - if you will walk) denotes a reading section (called Parascha or Sidra) of the Torah and includes the conclusion of the book Leviticus / Wajikra 26.3–27.34 (26.3–46 BHS , 27 BHS ).

It is the cider of the 3rd or 4th Shabbats in the month of Ijjar .

Essential content

  • Comments on the reward for observing the divine commandments: yield of the field, peace, abundant increase, closeness to God
  • Explanations of the punishments for violating them: illnesses, lack of rain, famine, fleeing from enemies
  • Comments on the conditions for a vow as well as the related estimated value of men, women, young people and children
  • The firstborn of the pure animals belongs to God (ie given to the priests).
  • Any slaves, cattle or fields that someone declares to be banned from their property must be delivered in kind.
  • Prisoners of war who are declared to be banned (according to Nachmanides ) are to be killed.
  • The tithe of field yield (Ma'asserscheni), cattle and sheep is to be consumed in Jerusalem (according to Halacha ) .

Haftara

The associated Haftara is Jer 16.19-17.14 (16.19-21 BHS ; 17.1-14 BHS ).

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Individual evidence

  1. Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 132 (414 pp.).