Optional parental preparation:

1. What does archetypal mean?

2. That is a nëphꞋësh?

3. What is copper? Bronze? How is copper made into bronze?

4. What is a legislation? What’s the difference between a legislative branch of gov’t, a judicial branch of gov’t and an executive branch of gov’t?

5. What is an “aroma signature” and what is the effect of aromas imprinting on memories (e.g., grandma’s cookies)? What is cologne? Weeks in advance, order a package of “Frankincense & Myrhh” incense sticks to (light before candles) burn on Sha•bâtꞋ & Khaj•imꞋ

6. Note that blood is not required for ki•pūrꞋ. 

7. Half of a 20 âÌÅøÈä shëqꞋël (i.e. ≈5½ g. or 0.2 oz. of silver; almost US $3 in 2019). 

8. 30.23 ‎ áÌÀùÒÈîÄéí (Commiphora gileadensis), Balsam-Balm of Gi•lᵊâdꞋ, balsam; — source of an aromatic and usually oily and resinous exudate containing benzoic or cinnamic acid; used to treat minor skin irritations.

   Although in MH this hapax legomenon in Ta•na"khꞋ is understood to mean “spice(s)”, drugs, narcotics or pharmaceuticals—especially spices used for Ha•vᵊdâl•âhꞋ, both Klein and Zohary trace this term, via the Arabic “basham” or “balasam or balsham” (Balsamodendron Opolbalsamum), respectively, rendered in Greek as balsamon, to balsam.

   Zohary further noted that the taxonomical classification of Balsamodendron Opolbalsamum was later superseded in the literature by Commiphora gileadensis.

   NH: “cassia” is conjecture lacking sound basis. 

   áÌÒùÑÆí (Commiphora gileadensis; formerly Balsamodendron opobalsamum) Balsam-Balm of Gi•lᵊâdꞋ incense resin

   áÌÒùÑÆí (Commiphora gileadensis; formerly Balsamodendron opobalsamum) Balsam-Balm of Gi•lᵊâdꞋ bush

   
   

9. øÉàùÑ (This is a noun, not an adjective.) — Henbane-bitters (Hyoscyamus aureus); psy­chotropic-narcotic, entheogenic bitter used in religious rituals; popularly “gall”

   30.23 øÉàùÑ — This is a noun, not an adjective. Often paired with ìÇòÂðÈä, most have assumed, with no basis whatsoever, Poison Hemlock (e.g., Hō•sheiꞋa 10.4). This is contradicted in its Biblical usage, however; particularly Tᵊhil•imꞋ 69.21. Poison Hemlock has never eaten as food.

   A fortiori, the lavendar reniform (bean-shaped) anthers at the ends of the filaments somewhat resemble a miniature cluster of grapes (cf. Dᵊvâr•imꞋ 32.32-33).

   Each of these instances—as well as The Nᵊtzârim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matitᵊyâhu 27.33 &34—corroborate not “gall” but “bitters” — specifically, Henbane-bitters (Hyoscyamus aureus). 
   

10. îÈø-ãÌÀøåÉø (Commiphora abyssinica) — Essential Oil Of Myrrh (in bottle) with resin

    30.23 ‎  îÈø-ãÌÀøåÉø — Essential Oil Of Myrrh 
    

11. Cinnamomum verum (formerly zeylanicum); bark harvested

    30.23 ÷ÄðÌÀîÈï (Cinnamomum verum;  old botanical name zeylanicum), Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) True Cinnamon — This is not the cinnamon sold in most grocery, or even spice, stores. For the cinnamon sold in stores, see Cassia-cinnamon. 
    

12. ÷ÀðÅä-áÉùÒÆí (Cymbopogon schoenanthus) Camel Grass

    ÷ÀðÅä-áÉùÒÆí (Cymbopogon schoenanthus; Camel Grass) — grows wild in Israel (not the newly introduced, anti-Cancer, Lemon Grass specie) “Northern Africa from Mauritania to Egypt, through Arabia to India.”

    ”The age-old usage of these plants is attested by the fact that when the tombs of the Pharaohs of the 20th and 21st dynasties were opened in Egypt in 1881 – some 3,000 years after burial – the pleasant odor of C. schoenanthus, among others, was still perceptible (Schweinfurth, 1884).  
    

13. ÷ÄãÌÈä (Cinnamomum cassia)

    ÷ÄãÌÈä (Cinnamomum cassia) Cassia-cinnamon — This is the cinnamon most people find in their grocery and spice stores. The distinction from True Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum of Ceylon/​Sri Lanka) is important because Cassia-cinnamon—the variety most people buy in the grocery store—has 18 times more of a toxin, called courin, that attacks the liver and may be a carcinogen, than True (Ceylon or Sri Lanka) Cinnamon-verum.

    Ceylon Cinnamon, i.e.True Cinnamon, contains only 0.017 g/kg of courin while Cassia Cinnamon contains 0.31 g/kg.

    The recommended daily courin limit is approximately 0.05 mg/pound (0.1 mg/kg) of body weight, or 5 mg per day for a 130-pound (60-kg) person. This means that a person would have to consume 1-1½ teaspoons of Cassia cinnamon to exceed the daily limit. So it’s not considered a serious health hazard. Still… 
    

14. çÆìÀáÌÀðÈä (Ferula gummosa, synonym F. galbaniflua) Galbanum

    çÆìÀáÌÀðÈä (Ferula gummosa, synonym F. galbaniflua) Galbanum — perennial growing up to 1 m (≈1 yd) high. A “fetid”, initially milky, gum resin (which turns yellowish-brownish) is obtained from incisions made in the stem. 
    

15. 30.34 ìÀáåÉðÈä (Boswellia sacra) Frankincense — ranging in size from a medium-sized shrub to small tree. “With other costly commodities, frankincense was imported into the Land of Israel by the Phoenicians [i.e. Lebanese] via the famous spice route across southern Arabia and some of the littoral stations of East Africa, a caravan highway also used for imports from India and farther east… The drops [of oleoresin] are shiny, yellowish or reddish, highly aromatic and bitter” 

    Boswellia sacra Frankincense oleoresin gum

    Boswellia sacra Frankincense trees, Soqotra Island, Yemen

    
    

16. 30.32-33, 37-38 — Prohibition, upon penalty of kâ•reitꞋ, for compounding the anointing oil or incense formulas.

    In His Infinite Wisdom, é‑‑ä led Mōsh•ëhꞋ to design several features that would later enable é‑‑ä to deftly and cleanly wean Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ from the anthropomorphisms of a sacrifice system.

    Like confining the act of sacrificing to the kō•han•imꞋ, and confining the location of sacrifice to the Beit ha-Mi•qᵊdâshꞋ in Yᵊru•shâ•laꞋyim, confining the anointing oil formula and incense formula to the kō•han•imꞋ and Beit ha-Mi•qᵊdâshꞋ served to enable the complete weaning of Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ from the anthropomorphisms of sacrifices simply by allowing the destruction, by the Hellenist Romans, of the Beit ha-Mi•qᵊdâshꞋ — and, immediately thereafter, the destruction, by succeeding Christian generations of Hellenist Romans, also of the yō•khas•inꞋ required to establish the legitimacy of any kō•heinꞋ. With no Beit ha-Mi•qᵊdâshꞋ sacrificing was automatically prohibited.

    With no kō•han•imꞋ to officiate, sacrificing was further impossible. With their yō•khas•inꞋ destroyed, Ha•lâkh•âhꞋ forever dictates that there can never again be any legitimate kō•heinꞋ. Ergo, neither a “Temple” domiciliating an anthropomorphic idol-god, nor a sacrifice system with its anthropomorphisms can never again defile Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ. This also means that the next phase is the Beit Tᵊphil•âhꞋ of Yᵊsha•yâhꞋu, when rabbis will go extinct because every Jew—and Jewess—discovers how they can better derive, for themselves, more historically authentic Ha•lâkh•âhꞋ directly from internet databases, as é‑‑ä pours out His RuꞋakh ha-QoꞋdësh on all mankind.

    Compounding this exact anointing oil formula (not other, or similar, anointing oil formulas) and pouring it upon an â•dâmꞋ, or compounding the incense formula for any prayer or worship other than as prescribed in Ta•na"khꞋ, is prohibited under penalty of kâ•reitꞋ “for all of your generations”. If “all generations” were meant, then this could not have gone extinct with the destruction of the Beit ha-Mi•qᵊdâshꞋ and yō•khas•inꞋ. Since these have gone extinct, however, a priori it’s absolutely clear that this referred—as explicitly stated—”for all of your generations”. Mōsh•ëhꞋ could only have referred, exclusively, to the generations of his brother and nephews—yō•khas•inꞋ-authenticated kō•han•imꞋ—who, indeed, went extinct. Ergo, from the moment the kō•han•imꞋ went extinct, there remained no one for whom this prohibition could remain in force. Ergo, today, even if it were correctly and precisely reformulated, it would be no more than an historical or archeological artifact. 

Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:

1. What is a military? What does “muster” mean?

2. What is a plague (epidemic)?

3. What does profane (v. & n.) mean?

4. What does watchguard mean (better to use shō•meirꞋ)?