ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bikkurim

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Bikkurim is a noun meaning (Judaism, historical) A religious offering of first fruits.

Meaning

(Judaism, historical) A religious offering of first fruits.

Example Sentences

By 1822, the ceremony was moved to Reform Temples. Beginning in 1811, the favorite time for Confirmation was Shavuot, "the time of the giving of the Torah". In a typical ceremony, the synagogue was decorated with flowers. Sometimes the children marched into the sanctuary carrying flowers and offered those flowers as Bikkurim.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bimah, bakra, bakla, minyanim, sedarim.

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