By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
foej.infoej.in
  • Home
  • Opinion
  • Polity
  • FOEJ Original
  • Culture
  • Human Rights
  • Videos
  • More
    • Environment
    • World
    • Business
Search
  • Advertise
© 2022 Foxiz News Network. Ruby Design Company. All Rights Reserved.
Reading: Israelis Conduct Red Heifer Ritual Near Al-Aqsa Mosque
Share
Sign In
Notification Show More
Latest News
Cow Vigilante in Nasir & Junaid Lynching Case Dies by Suicide
Cow Vigilante in Nasir & Junaid Lynching Case Dies by Suicide
Human Rights
Miles2Smile & Thousand Shades Unveil Documentary on Women Hate Crime Survivors
FOEJ Original
Milan Kundera once said, “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” In today’s India, this quote rings more true than ever. As we navigate a time marked by state repression, communal violence, bulldozer justice, and manufactured amnesia, memory itself becomes an act of resistance. To forget is to become complicit. To remember is to fight back.
The Power of not Forgetting 
Opinion
448 Suspected Illegal Migrants Detained in Odisha, Majority from Jharsuguda
International
SFI Announces Statewide Class Boycott to Protest ‘Saffronisation’ of Universities
Protest
Aa
foej.infoej.in
Aa
  • Home
  • Opinion
  • Polity
  • FOEJ Original
  • Culture
  • Human Rights
  • Videos
  • More
Search
  • Home
  • Opinion
  • Polity
  • FOEJ Original
  • Culture
  • Human Rights
  • Videos
  • More
    • Environment
    • World
    • Business
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
  • Advertise
© 2023 Foundation For Ethical Journalism. All Rights Reserved.
foej.in > Blog > Latest > Israelis Conduct Red Heifer Ritual Near Al-Aqsa Mosque
LatestMiddle East

Israelis Conduct Red Heifer Ritual Near Al-Aqsa Mosque

FOEJ DESK
Last updated: 2024/08/08 at 12:54 PM
FOEJ DESK
Share
3 Min Read
SHARE

A group of religious Israelis has been photographed practicing the ritual of the red heifer, which is associated with the anticipated construction of a new Jewish temple on the site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.The red heifer (Hebrew: parah adumah) is a cow that is entirely red in color, without any blemishes or markings, and has never been used for work.

In Jewish tradition, the ashes of a red heifer cow were used in purification rituals, particularly for those who had come into contact with death.

A group of religious Israelis have been pictured practising the ritual of the red heifer, which is meant to herald the building of a new Jewish temple on the site of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Read more here ⤵️ https://t.co/4VzAUsX0oa

— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) August 7, 2024

The ashes were used to cleanse a person from ritual impurity and were considered necessary for people to participate in certain religious activities, such as entering the Temple in Jerusalem.According to radical Jewish groups, the temple must be constructed on the raised plateau in Jerusalem’s Old City known as the Temple Mount, where Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine stand today. While some believe that this will herald the arrival of the messiah and possibly even the end of the world,.

Journalist Yinon Magal posted on Tuesday, “Temple worshipers are now practicing the mitzvah [religious duty] of a red cow in front of the Temple Mount, which will enable the return of purity and the observance of all the temple mitzvahs.” 

לקראת תשעה באב: דורשי המקדש מתרגלים כעת מול הר הבית את מצוות פרה אדומה, שתאפשר את חזרת הטהרה וקיום כל מצוות המקדש pic.twitter.com/hgwgKlongz

— ינון מגל (@YinonMagal) August 6, 2024

Five “red angus” heifers were finally imported from Texas through evangelical Christians in 2022. Since then, they have been growing under close surveillance in the settlement of Shiloh, a significant site in Judaism before the creation of the first temple. The Temple Institute imported the heifers for the eventual purpose of using them in a ritual after years of searching for blemish-free cows without stray white or black hair.

However, research by a professor at Bar Ilan University estimated that the ashes of one cow could be made into enough cleansing water for 660 billion purifications.

לכל מי שחשב ששריפת פרה אדומה היא אירוע פרימיטיבי של הזויים משיחיים, טעות בידיו, מדובר במדע מדויק! פרופ' זהר עמר מאוניברסיטת בר אילן חקר את הנושא ופיתח מודלים חישוביים שקובעים כמה אנשים אפשר לטהר מפרה שרופה אחת. בואו נצלול למחקר האקדמי >> pic.twitter.com/CvgHGbFXNa

— עמרי מניב Omri Maniv (@omrimaniv) July 29, 2023

However, the cow being practiced upon in Magal’s image does not appear to be one of the five red heifers from Shilo; rather, it seems to be an edited image.

The traditional site of the ritual, the Mount of Olives, is seen in the background on the other side of Al-Aqsa Mosque, suggesting the practice run was performed within the Old City.

FOEJ DESK August 8, 2024
Share this Article
Facebook Twitter Copy Link Print
Previous Article 6-year-old Dalit Child Forced to Clean Washroom, Found Locked in the Classroom
Next Article Delhi Police Detain Nadeem Khan and Other Pro-Palestine Protests at Jantar Mantar
foej.infoej.in
Follow US

© 2023 Foundation For Ethical Journalism. All Rights Reserved.

Removed from reading list

Undo
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?