Chagigah (festival peace offering)
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Chagigah (festival peace offering) is a sacrificial offering in Jewish law brought on pilgrimage festivals to enhance the joy and completeness of the festival meals.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Passover sacrifices | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
festival sacrifice
ⓘ
korban (sacrificial offering) ⓘ |
| ageRequirement | animals generally at least one year old ⓘ |
| animalType |
cattle
ⓘ
goats ⓘ sheep ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
shalmei simchah (peace offerings of joy)
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ⓘ
simchat yom tov (joy of the festival) ⓘ |
| associatedWith | pilgrimage festivals ⓘ |
| biblicalSource | Torah commandments regarding pilgrimage festivals ⓘ |
| broughtOn |
Pesach (Passover)
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ⓘ
Shavuot NERFINISHED ⓘ Sukkot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consumption |
eaten by the owners
ⓘ
portions given to priests ⓘ |
| discussedIn |
Mishnah tractate Chagigah
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Talmud Bavli, tractate Chagigah NERFINISHED ⓘ Talmud Yerushalmi, tractate Chagigah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderOfAnimal |
female
ⓘ
male ⓘ |
| goal | to complete the festive meal with sacrificial meat ⓘ |
| halakhicCategory | korban chagigah ⓘ |
| hebrewName | חגיגה ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfPractice |
First Temple period
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ⓘ
Second Temple period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLaw | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalDomain | Kodashim (holy things) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedTo | aliyah la-regel (pilgrimage to Jerusalem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| obligationStatus | generally obligatory for eligible pilgrims ⓘ |
| offeredAt | Temple in Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offeredBy | pilgrims visiting Jerusalem ⓘ |
| offeredOn | Temple altar ⓘ |
| offeringType | shelamim (peace offering) ⓘ |
| portionBurned | certain fats on the altar ⓘ |
| portionGivenToPriests | breast and thigh in standard shelamim pattern ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
to enhance the joy of the festival
ⓘ
to provide meat for festival meals ⓘ |
| relatedCommandmentType | positive commandment GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | korban olat re’iyah (appearance burnt-offering) ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| requires |
fit sacrificial animal
ⓘ
ritual purity of the offerer ⓘ |
| ritualAct |
semichah (laying of hands on the animal)
ⓘ
shechitah (ritual slaughter) ⓘ sprinkling of the blood on the altar ⓘ |
| status | no longer practiced after destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ |
| timeLimitForEating | limited festival period depending on type ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Passover sacrifices