Word: halakoth
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Wine & Olives. Also contained in the scroll are lengthy statements of halakoth, or religious laws-many of which are found in the Pentateuch, but some new to Biblical scholars. One such regulation, for example, provides for the death penalty for traitors caught spying against the people of Israel. In addition to the annual feast of grains, or Shavuot, the scroll summons the Jewish people to celebrate hitherto unknown feasts of wine and oil following the grape and olive harvests. There are also many sentences insisting upon the need for ritual purity...
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