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ARTICLES RELATED TO Jewish symbolism - The priests | | | |  Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - The priestsThe Hebrew for priest is Kohen; the Kohanim (plural) mediated between God and man by offering sacrifices, and by other services in the Temple. The leader of them the Kohen Gadol, the high priest.
The vestments of the high priest were interpreted in three ways. The explanation of Philo is as follows ("Vita Mosis," iii. 209): His upper garment was the symbol of the ether, while the blossoms represented the earth, the pomegranates typified running water, and the bells denoted the music of the water. The ephod corresp ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - The symbolic values of numbers The number three was the symbol of holiness. The Holy of Holies occupied one-third, and the Holy Place two-thirds, of the entire Temple. The tapestries were ten times three ells in length, and there were three vessels each for the altar of burnt offering, the altar of incense, and the Ark. The candlestick had twice three arms (besides the shaft, which also held a lamp), and each arm had three knobs. The blessing of the priest consisted of three sections (Num. vi. 24, 25) ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - The Star of David Over time the Star of David became identified with the Jews, and has long since been used as a symbol of Judaism, as a religion, and of the Jewish people as a whole.
Jewish lore links the symbol to the "Seal of Solomon", the magical signet ring used by King Solomon to control demons and spirits. Jewish lore also links the symbol to a magic shield owned by King David that protected him from enemies. Following Jewish emancipation after the French revolution, Jewish communities chose the Star of David to represent themselves, comparable to the cross used by mos ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - On tombstones Some common themes appear on many Jewish tombstones. Two hands with outspread fingers indicated that the dead man was descended from priestly stock (Kohanim) who blessed the people in this fashion, and a jug was carved on the tombstones of the Levites as an emblem of the those who washed the priest's hands before he pronounced the blessing.
Some gravestones show a tree with branches either outspread or broken off, symbolizing the death of a young man or an old man respectively; or they have a cluster of grapes as an emblem of Israel.
The Sta ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - Influence on Christian symbols The influence of Judaism upon Christian symbolism as early as the 2nd and 3rd centuries C.E., is apparent both in painting and in sculpture, the most frequent motives being those which occur in the Mishnah as formulas for prayer on fast-days. The prayer beginning with the words "Mi she-'anah," which was included in the selihah at an early date, was adopted in the Christian ritual as the litany "Libera domine." This litany was figuratively used in a certain sequence as a symbol, for the sacrifice of Isaac was regarded as a symbol of the crucifixion of Jesus, since the early Church considered Isaac the prototype of ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - Symbolic visions of the Prophets Jeremiah beheld an almond-tree as a token of the speedy fulfillment of the word of God.
Amos saw a basket of summer fruit as a symbol of the approaching end of Israel. (Amos viii. 1).
Ahijah the Shilonite tore Jeroboam's mantle into twelve pieces, to typify the division of the kingdom of Israel (I Kings xi. 30), and Zedekiah made horns of iron to encourage Ahab to engage in war with Ramoth-gilead (I Kings xxii. 11). King Joash, at the command of the prophet Elisha, shot arrows from the open window into the air ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - Colors The Israelites used an indigo colored dye called tekhelet; this dye was made from snail murex trunculus. This dye was very important in both Jewish and non-Jewish cultures of this time, and was used by royalty and the upper-class in dyeing their clothing, sheets, curtains, etc. This dye is known as Tyrian purple.
In the Torah the Israelites are commanded to dye on of the threads of their tallit (prayer shawl) with tekhelet; when they look at this dye they will think of the blue sky, and of the God above them in Heaven. Tekhelet corresponds to the color of the divi ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - The sacrifices Abraham ibn Ezra, in his commentary to Leviticus, considered the olah sacrifice as the atonement of the heart for sinful thoughts.
The thank-offering ("todah," "zebah," "shelamim"), together with the meal-offering and the wave-offering, typified the relation of fellowship and friendship between God and Israel; and since God was also the Creator of the universe, the act of turning toward every side symbolized the conviction that God held all the world and the ends thereof.
The sin-offering denoted complete atonement, and ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - Metals and minerals Gold was the symbol of the divine or celestial light, the glory of God (Zech. vi. 11; Dan. xi. 21). Silver was the emblem of moral innocence and of holiness (Isa. i. 22; Jer. vi. 30). Brass symbolized hardness, strength, and firmness (Lev. xxvi. 19; Jer. xv. 12; Job xl. 18). Brass was a substitute for gold, and iron for silver (Isa. lx. 17).
Salt was declared to be necessary in every meal-offering, in which it takes the place of the blood in the animal sacrifices (Lev. ii. 13; but comp. Ezek. xliii. 24). In the Talmud salt symbolizes the Torah, for as the world can not exist without salt, ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - The Holy of Holies The two cherubim icons on the Ark of the Covenant were the only images in the Temple.
The Ark of the Covenant was set in the Holy of Holies, the innermost section of the tabernacle (and later, the Temple.)
The Ark, mercy-seat, and the cherubim together symbolized both the place where the holiness of God was revealed, and the place where the people's sins were removed and where they renewed thei ...
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| | | | Jewish symbolism - The priests: Encyclopedia II - Jewish symbolism - Festivals and holy days The Torah delineates three pilgrimage festivals, Passover, Shavuot (The Feats of Weeks) and Sukkot (Tabernacles). Each of these was tied to the agricultural cycle of the Israelites, and was also given a theological symbolism.
Passover celebrated the rebirth of nature, and symbolized the origin of the Jewish people.
The eating of bitter herbs symbolized the miseries of the Egyptian bondage. In the evenings four cups of wine were drunk, to symbolize the four world-kingdoms (Talmud Yerushalmi Pesachim 37c; Midrash Gen. Rabbah lxxx.) People eating during the Passover meal reclined, in the style of free r ...
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