aliyah la-regel

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Aliyah la-regel is the biblical Jewish practice of ascending to Jerusalem and the Temple on major pilgrimage festivals for communal worship and sacrifice.

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aliyah la-regel canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious practice
pilgrimage
alsoCalled shalosh regalim pilgrimage
linked to: Shalosh Regalim
associatedWith Temple in Jerusalem
linked to: Jewish Temple
associatedWithTribe all tribes of Israel
basedOnText Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Torah
commandedFor three pilgrimage festivals
commandedIn Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
linked to: Exodus
commemoratedIn Jewish liturgy
festival prayers
describedAs biblical Jewish practice of ascending to Jerusalem and the Temple on major pilgrimage festivals
economicAspect bringing tithes and offerings to Jerusalem
frequency three times a year
halakhicSource Mishnah
Talmud
includesFestival Passover
Shavuot
Sukkot
influenced later Jewish pilgrimage customs to Jerusalem
involves bringing first fruits on Shavuot
eating sacrificial meat in Jerusalem
language Hebrew
literalMeaning “ascent for the festival”
locationRequirement Temple must be standing in Jerusalem
modernAnalogue visiting Jerusalem on festivals without sacrifices
performedBy adult Jewish males in biblical times
pilgrimStatus participants considered “olim” (those who ascend)
primaryDestination Jerusalem
Temple in Jerusalem
linked to: Jewish Temple
purpose appearing before God
communal worship
offering sacrifices
relatedConcept korban chagigah
shalosh regalim
religiousCategory biblical commandment
positive mitzvah
religiousTradition Judaism
scripturalPhrase “three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God”
socialFunction national gathering of Israelites
strengthening communal identity
statusAfter70CE no longer practiced in original sacrificial form
theologicalSignificance acknowledging God’s sovereignty and providence
timePeriodPracticed First Temple period
Second Temple period
travelDirection ascent to Jerusalem

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Three Festivals relatedConcept Aliyah la-regel
linked to: aliyah la-regel