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.

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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) NERFINISHED
simchat yom tov (joy of the festival)
associatedWith pilgrimage festivals
biblicalSource Torah commandments regarding pilgrimage festivals
broughtOn Pesach (Passover) NERFINISHED
Shavuot NERFINISHED
Sukkot NERFINISHED
consumption eaten by the owners
portions given to priests
discussedIn Mishnah tractate Chagigah NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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

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Musaf of Pesach associatedWith Chagigah (festival peace offering)
this entity surface form: Passover sacrifices
Three Festivals associatedWithOffering Chagigah (festival peace offering)