Petter chamor
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| Torah: | Exodus 13:13andExodus 34:20 |
| Babylonian Talmud: | Bekhorot5b |
| Mishneh Torah: | Hilchos Bikkurim 12:4 |
ThePetter Chamor(Hebrew:פטר חמור) orRedemption of the firstborn,is amitzvahinJudaismin which a male firstborn (bechor)donkeyis redeemed by the owner of the donkey, who gives alamborkidto aKohen.[1]The lamb is not required to be firstborn.
The mitzvah applies to the firstborn male offspring of a Jewish-owned donkey. The donkey retains a level of holiness and is forbidden for work. The redemption transfers the holiness to another animal, such as a cow, goat or sheep, so that the donkey can be used for work. The other animal is then given to aKohenwho usually eats it. The ceremony is similar to the redemption of a firstborn male, apidyon habenwhen a month-old male child is redeemed with silver coins given to a Kohen.[2]
The mitzvah, albeit rare in modern times, is listed as an "obligation of the body"[3]and thus applies in the diaspora as well as theLand of Israel.
References
[edit]- ^Tannenbaum, Rabbi Gershon (August 11, 2010)."Petter Chamor – Redeeming A Donkey".The Jewish Press.Archived fromthe originalon December 28, 2010.RetrievedNovember 3,2011.
- ^Perkins-Frantz, Jennifer (September 16, 2016)."Donkey Redemption Is Rare Ritual in Judaism".jewishtimes.com.Baltimore Jewish Times.RetrievedMarch 4,2020.
- ^( "chovath haguf" vs. "chovath hakarka" –an obligation required solely on one of theland of Israel)
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