The Jewish Hag Pilgrimage
Here are some Jewish references:
The Bible stresses the religious importance of pilgrimage (Hag in Hebrew) to a sacred location.
The Hebrew Bible refers to ḥag ha-sukkot (“Feast of Booths,” Leviticus 23:34), recalling the days when the Israelites lived in huts (sukkot) during their years of wandering in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt.
As part of the Jewish celebration, a sevenfold circuit (circumambulation) of the synagogue is made on the seventh day of the festival, called by the special name Hossana Rabba.
Hossanna means a deliverance, an arrival in front of the “Lord” (Rabba / Rabb).
The Torah declares, “Celebrate Haj Sukkot for seven days after you have harvested the (fall) produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. For seven days celebrate the (pilgrimage) festival to the Lord your God.
The Haj of Sukkot was chosen by Prophet Solomon to dedicate the First Temple in Jerusalem (1Kings 8:2).
Haj Sukkot was so important during the centuries when Solomon's Temple stood that the holy day week of Sukkot was often called simply "the Haj” (1 Kings 8:3; 8:65; 12:62; 2 Chronicles 5:3; 7:8) because of the very large numbers of Jews who came up to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Here is a quick listing of some of the rituals in the Jewish hag:
Circle the Temple seven times anti-clockwise.
Hag pilgrims obligated to offer “korban” (Hebrew) animal sacrifice
Women in menses should refrain from circling the Temple.
It is preferable to enter the Temple complex barefoot.
Above : A model of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem during the Jewish Hag pilgrimage. The Jewish Holy of Holies is that squarish / cube shaped structure in the middle.
Circumambulating the holy of holies seven times anti clockwise
On the seventh day of the Haj Sukkot the Jewish rites required the Jewish pilgrims to circle (circumambulate) the ‘holy of holies’ within the huge Temple courtyard seven times (Mishnah Sukkah 4:5) in an anti clockwise direction.
Each of the seven circumambulations on the seventh day of the Haj Sukkot was done in honor of the seven “Jewish prophets”: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron and David.
(OSTB : So the Jews circumambulate their holy of holies SEVEN times in an anti-clockwise direction to honor seven famous Jewish prophets.)
Animal sacrifice: The Hebrew korban
In Judaism, the korban (קָרְבָּן qorbān), also spelled qorban or corban, is any of a variety of sacrificial offerings described and commanded in the Torah.
The plural form is korbanot, korbanoth or korbans.
Korban (Hebrew) is the Jewish ritual sacrifice of kosher animals toward the end of most Jewish ritual reenactments including the Hag Sukkot and other hag festivals.
The term Korban primarily refers to sacrificial offerings given from humans to God for the purpose of doing homage, winning favor, or securing pardon.
The object sacrificed was usually an animal that was ritually slaughtered
(OSTB : As part of the Jewish Hag rituals they sacrificed animals which in Hebrew is called Korban.)
References:
(OSTB : Judaism is over 4,000 years old. So does anyone feel like making fun of the Jewish Hag rituals? I hope not.)
Here are some Jewish references:
The Bible stresses the religious importance of pilgrimage (Hag in Hebrew) to a sacred location.
The Hebrew Bible refers to ḥag ha-sukkot (“Feast of Booths,” Leviticus 23:34), recalling the days when the Israelites lived in huts (sukkot) during their years of wandering in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt.
As part of the Jewish celebration, a sevenfold circuit (circumambulation) of the synagogue is made on the seventh day of the festival, called by the special name Hossana Rabba.
Hossanna means a deliverance, an arrival in front of the “Lord” (Rabba / Rabb).
The Torah declares, “Celebrate Haj Sukkot for seven days after you have harvested the (fall) produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. For seven days celebrate the (pilgrimage) festival to the Lord your God.
The Haj of Sukkot was chosen by Prophet Solomon to dedicate the First Temple in Jerusalem (1Kings 8:2).
Haj Sukkot was so important during the centuries when Solomon's Temple stood that the holy day week of Sukkot was often called simply "the Haj” (1 Kings 8:3; 8:65; 12:62; 2 Chronicles 5:3; 7:8) because of the very large numbers of Jews who came up to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Here is a quick listing of some of the rituals in the Jewish hag:
- Three times a year Jews were commanded to make a Hag pilgrimage (hag ha-matzot, hag ha-sukkot, hag ha-shavuot) to Jerusalem.
- Only those capable of traveling to the Temple were obligated to go.
- Purify the body with water before going on Hag
Circle the Temple seven times anti-clockwise.
Hag pilgrims obligated to offer “korban” (Hebrew) animal sacrifice
Women in menses should refrain from circling the Temple.
It is preferable to enter the Temple complex barefoot.
Above : A model of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem during the Jewish Hag pilgrimage. The Jewish Holy of Holies is that squarish / cube shaped structure in the middle.Circumambulating the holy of holies seven times anti clockwise
On the seventh day of the Haj Sukkot the Jewish rites required the Jewish pilgrims to circle (circumambulate) the ‘holy of holies’ within the huge Temple courtyard seven times (Mishnah Sukkah 4:5) in an anti clockwise direction.
Each of the seven circumambulations on the seventh day of the Haj Sukkot was done in honor of the seven “Jewish prophets”: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron and David.
(OSTB : So the Jews circumambulate their holy of holies SEVEN times in an anti-clockwise direction to honor seven famous Jewish prophets.)
Animal sacrifice: The Hebrew korban
In Judaism, the korban (קָרְבָּן qorbān), also spelled qorban or corban, is any of a variety of sacrificial offerings described and commanded in the Torah.
The plural form is korbanot, korbanoth or korbans.
Korban (Hebrew) is the Jewish ritual sacrifice of kosher animals toward the end of most Jewish ritual reenactments including the Hag Sukkot and other hag festivals.
The term Korban primarily refers to sacrificial offerings given from humans to God for the purpose of doing homage, winning favor, or securing pardon.
The object sacrificed was usually an animal that was ritually slaughtered
(OSTB : As part of the Jewish Hag rituals they sacrificed animals which in Hebrew is called Korban.)
References:
- http://www.judaism-islam.com/similarities-between-masjid-al-haram-and-the-jewish-temple/
- https://www.islamicity.org/10724/islamic-hajj-jewish-haj-and-near-east-peace/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korban
- https://muslimvillage.com/2015/09/21/113432/jewish-hajj-sukkot
(OSTB : Judaism is over 4,000 years old. So does anyone feel like making fun of the Jewish Hag rituals? I hope not.)
