The Ram of Completion and the Joy of a Debt Paid in the Mishkan

Sifra, Mekhilta deMiluim I 20

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

20) "the ram of the miluim": ("miluim") connoting that it completes the entire (service), ending (the service) for Aaron and his sons. "and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the head of the ram": They placed their hands upon it in joy, as in a festival, as one who paid off his debt and made a festival (of it). Here, too, Aaron and his sons, ending the service of the day and its sanctifications and the service of the vessels and its sanctifications, brought a ram and placed their hands upon it in joy, making a "festival" (of it).

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PriesthoodTempleJoyWisdomHolidays

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