Showing posts with label azazel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label azazel. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 February 2014

yoma 65

keep the goat for Azazel alive and well until the one for God is slaughtered.
then it can go to hell..
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yoma 62

the two identical goats
one for Azazel
and
one for God

part of the Yom Kippur ritual is the High Priest sending a goat to the wilderness, for Azazel. and an identical goat being offered to God within the Temple.

Saturday, 4 January 2014

yoma 41

role of the red thread.
identifying tag or a weight

(discussing the use of the red thread in the rituals of goat to Azazel and the red heifer. and how much red thread is needed for each, as one ritual needs a minimum amount - either to identify, or to tie together the ceder and hyssop and be significantly heavy to throw and burn within the flames of the red heifer)

yoma 40

designating by mouth or hand

(discussing how lots were cast for which goat was sent off into the desert to Azazel, and which goat was for God - how essential was it to actually place the lot on the goat, tie a red thread, or was verbal designation enough?)

yoma 39

hierarchy of right over left

right hand leads to success and left to destruction

(lots of the goat that gets sent to Azazel and to God - it was considered much better if the lot for God appeared in the High Priest's right hand rather than the left.)