Challah (mixed natractic)
Challa / חלה (dt. Teighebe) is a treatise of the Mishnah in the order Sera'im ("seeds, seeds").
Text transmission
In the case of the manuscripts that are significant for the mixed text , it is noticeable that the third chapter is missing in the Munich manuscript. Presumably it was omitted due to the carelessness of a copyist, because the fourth chapter is regularly counted as such. It is interesting, however, that the Kaufmann and Munich manuscripts offer a much longer ending than the other manuscripts and the print.
content
The starting point for the provisions in the treatise Challah can be found in the Torah . So it says:
"The first of your dough you should offer a cake as an offering."
Structurally similar regulations on firstfruits also exist for the firstborn of animals, firstfruits, etc. The Mischnatraktat Challah treats in its four chapters a. a. following question:
- Which types of grain and which dough are required to provide the challah ?
- From what quantities is a dough subject to challa?
- What about the challah in relation to imported / exported grain?
- How should doughs made by non-Jews , mixed doughs and others be treated?
The conclusion of the treatise is an aggadic piece with example cases , to which, however, a section on "24 gifts given to the priests" is appended in the Kaufmann and Munich manuscripts.
Tosefta and Talmud
There is a treatise on Challah in Tosefta , which, however, differs more than usual from the Mishnah. There is also a Gemara in the Talmud Yeruschalmi. The Babylonian Talmud, on the other hand, knows just as little of the challah as the other tracts of the Sera'im order, apart from Berachot .
literature
- Karl Albrecht: Challa (dough lifting). Giessen 1913.
- Friederike Burmeister: The Mishnah: Challa (dough lifting). Jerusalem 2008. ISBN 965-7221-47-1
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