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  • From: Dgahler782 AT aol.com
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Covering of blood with dust
  • Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:57:41 EDT

To Clay Bartholomay: The reason for the covering of blood with dust/earth
probably lies in the connection of the nefe$, i.e. lifeforce or "being
alive",
with the blood (ki nefe$-habasar badam,Lev. 17.:11) and therefore requires
a
"burial". Lev. 17:11 goes on to point to the use of blood for the atonement
of sins. (Could one perhaps surmise that with a sacrifice it is not the
animal
per se but its blood which serves as the atoning factor, i.e.not the basar of
the animal, but the dam?) At any rate,blood clearly is a special, sacred
liquid, requiring special treatment. One could here think of the burial
requirement for Torah scrolls, also considered scared, though lacking the
mystical
quality of blood.
Re: Ez.24:17-18, it appears he draws an analogy of the "city" with him/her
who leaves blood uncovered, meaning exceedingly evil.
Doris Gahler




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