First fruits (Bikkurim)

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Jewish ritual offering Temple-era agricultural offering biblical religious practice

First fruits (Bikkurim) are the agricultural offerings of the earliest ripened produce that ancient Israelites brought to the Temple in Jerusalem as a thanksgiving to God, especially during the Shavuot festival.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish ritual offering ⓘ Temple-era agricultural offering ⓘ biblical religious practice ⓘ
associatedText	“Arami oved avi” declaration ⓘ
associatedWith	acknowledgment of receiving the Land of Israel ⓘ acknowledgment of the Exodus from Egypt ⓘ
associatedWithFestival	Shavuot ⓘ
broughtFrom	fields and orchards in the Land of Israel ⓘ
broughtTo	Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
category	agricultural tithe and offering ⓘ
ceasedWith	destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
describedIn	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ surface form: Deuteronomy 26 Torah ⓘ
geographicScope	Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ surface form: Land of Israel
halakhicCategory	mitzvot dependent on the Land of Israel ⓘ
hasHebrewName	ביכורים ⓘ
hasTransliteration	Bikkurim ⓘ
includesProduce	barley ⓘ dates ⓘ figs ⓘ grapes ⓘ olives ⓘ pomegranates ⓘ wheat ⓘ
languageOfRitual	Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Biblical Hebrew
legalStatus	biblical commandment ⓘ
liturgicalInfluence	passage used in the Passover Haggadah (“Arami oved avi”) ⓘ
modernStatus	not practiced in its original Temple form today ⓘ
offeredTo	YHWH ⓘ surface form: God of Israel
offeringType	earliest ripened produce ⓘ first fruits of the seven species ⓘ
practicedBy	Israelites ⓘ surface form: ancient Israelites
purpose	acknowledgment of God’s sovereignty ⓘ expression of gratitude for the first yield of the harvest ⓘ thanksgiving to God for the land and its produce ⓘ
recipientGroup	priests (Kohanim) ⓘ
regulatedIn	Mishnah Bikkurim ⓘ
relatedConcept	Maaser (tithes) ⓘ Terumah ⓘ
requires	bringing basket of first fruits to the Temple ⓘ recitation of a fixed declaration ⓘ
ritualElement	presentation before the altar ⓘ procession to Jerusalem ⓘ waving or lifting of the basket by the priest ⓘ
symbolism	dedicating the first and best to God ⓘ recognition that the land and produce are divine gifts ⓘ
timeFrame	from Shavuot until Sukkot in Temple times ⓘ

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Jewish feast of Shavuot → associatedWith → First fruits (Bikkurim) ⓘ

subject surface form: Shavuot