Chagiga (Mishnah)
Chagiga / חגיגה ( Eng . 'Celebration', 'festivity') is a treatise from the Mishnah in the order Mo'ed (festival times, feast day) .
In addition to a festivity, Chagiga also refers to the sacrifice that is to be offered at the three Jewish pilgrimage festivals of Passover , Shavuot and Sukkot and to be consumed in a holy place. The first chapter deals with provisions for these three festivals. The end of chapter one as well as the beginning of chapter two contain aggadic material as well as a discussion between the schools of Schammai and Hillel on the question of propping up the victim and the appointment of Shavuot. From Mishnah 2.5 to the end of the tract in the third chapter, provisions on purity and impurity follow. There was a need for clarification and regulation here insofar as the pilgrims and their victims were subject to special purity regulations when ascending to and entering the temple. Most of the material is presented anonymously. Presumably they are very old pieces of rabbinical tradition.
In the traditional editions, the treatise is 12th and last in the order Mo'ed . In the manuscripts of the Eretz Yisra'el tradition, he is 11th ahead of Moed Qatan . Munich handwriting puts him in 4th place between Pessachim and Rosh Hashanah . Like Moed Qatan, Chagiga contains three chapters.
There is also a parallel to the treatise in the Tosefta under the name Re'ija / ( Eng . 'Seeing'). Re'ija is the first noun in the treatise and describes on the one hand the appearance at the festival, which all men of age are obliged to do , and on the other hand, in addition to the festival sacrifice (Chagiga), the visitor sacrifice . There is also a treatise in both Talmudim .
See also
literature
- Michael Krupp (Ed.): The Mishnah. 2nd order. Mo'ed - festival times. Part 2, 12: Michael Krupp: Chagiga - celebration. Lee Achim Sefarim, Jerusalem 2003, ISBN 965-7221-12-9 .
- Michael Tilly , Günter Mayer : Rabbinical texts. First row: The Tosefta. Volume II: Seder Moëd. Volume II, 5: Moëd katan - Re'ijja (Hagiga). Kohlhammer, 2004, ISBN 978-3-17-018125-0 .