From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: 'Juan Stam' <juanstam AT racsa.co.cr>, 'Jack Kilmon' <jkilmon AT historian.net>, 'Jim West' <jwest AT highland.net>, 'Yigal Levin' <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, biblical-studies AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] red heifer
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:15:02 +0200
Interesting discussion on the virginity of Red Heiffers.
Can anybody cite ancient sources (rabbinic) requiring this?
Juan Stam, Universidad Nacional, San José Costa Rica
I can give you some Midrashic sources on the red heifer: Numbers Rabbah
(Vilna) 19; Pesikta Rabbati, ed. Ish-Shalom, 14; Tanhuma Buber, Huqqat, 19;
Yalkut Shimoni, Huqqat,Par. 759; Pesikta d'Rav Kahana,Vol. 1, ed. Mandelbaum,
NY 1962, p. 74.
On the Rabbinic views in general, see E. E. Urbach, Haza"l – Beliefs and
Viewpoints, Jerusalem 1976, pp. 329-334 [Hebrew];N. Goldstein, Studies in
Rabbinic Thought on the Temple Service etc., Ph.D. Dissertation, Hebrew
University, Jerusalem,1977, pp. 54-108 [Hebrew].
Hope this helps,
Jonathan D. Safren, editor
Mo'ed – Annual for Jewish Studies
Center for Jewish Culture
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel