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Applicants line up for training to prepare Red Heifer ashes
The Temple Institute in Jerusalem last week announced they are accepting candidates for training to prepare Red Heifer ashes. The Torah (Numbers 19) describes the process for producing ash from a red heifer to purify Jews so they may enter the Holy Temple compound in Jerusalem. Tradition has it that…
Red Heifer fever renders nations transfixed: Commentary
The Torah (Numbers 19) describes the process for producing ash from a red heifer to purify Jews so they may enter the Holy Temple compound in Jerusalem. Tradition has it that from the time of Moses until the destruction of the Second Temple, a period spanning nearly 1,350 years, a…