Bechukotai
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 ).
literature
- David Sander: BECHUKKOTAJ . In: Jewish Lexicon . tape I . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1927, Sp. 778 ( uni-frankfurt.de ).
- Selig Bamberger (translator), Raschi's Pentateuch commentary , Goldschmidt, Basel, fourth edition 2002, pp. 399–411
- Sidratext Wajikra / Leviticus 26.3-27.34. after the Codex L . In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .
- Haftatratext Jer 16,19-17,14. according to the Codex L. In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .
Web links
- Chaim Guski: For Shabbat Bechukotai. In: talmud.de. November 22, 2013, accessed April 27, 2018 .
- Paraschat Behar / Bechukotaj. In: Jewish Experience. May 6, 2010, accessed April 27, 2018 .
- Elisa Klapheck: Bechukotai - Ecological Torah. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, May 22, 2014, accessed April 28, 2018 .
- Walter Rothschild: Behar Bechukotai - Times have always been tough. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, May 22, 2015, accessed April 28, 2018 .
- Antje Yael Deusel: Behar Bechukotai - recovery for the country. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, May 18, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.).