| 3)
First Fruits
One Day |
-
occurred on 3rd day of Passover
[Nisan 16 - March/April]
- occurred the day after the Sabbath
- a male lamb without defect
- consecration of the whole harvest
to God + a pledge of the whole harvest to come
- "chief principle part/the earliest ripe of
the
crop or of the tree
- "chief, first, best" |
| 4)
Harvest
("weeks")
One Day |
-
count from the day after the Sabbath
- 50 days to the day after the 7th Sabbath
[Siran 6 - May/June]
- the "day" of first fruits
- bread offered with 7 unblemished lambs / 2 male
lambs to make atonement for the Israelites
- "Jewish feast celebrated yearly in Jerusalem 7 weeks
after the Passover in grateful recognition of
the
harvest"
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