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Updated: 2019.04.14
Hi•lūl•âꞋ
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| Typical Israeli Orthodox Jewish ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï Banquet – Men's Dancing Section |
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| Typical Israeli Orthodox Jewish ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï Banquet – Women's Dancing Section |
This ta•vᵊn•itꞋ traces back to both ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï of Ya•a•qōvꞋ (LeiꞋâh’s celebration “week” and Râ•kheilꞋ’s celebration “week”).
Hi•lūl•âꞋ is further instantiated in the 7-day îÄùÑÀúÌÆä of both the Pᵊli•shᵊt•inꞋ for Shi•mᵊshōnꞋ and the Kᵊna•an•imꞋ of ShᵊkhëmꞋ, who, like the Egyptians and other peoples of the ancient Middle East, idolatrously believed they were actualizing spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï (merger with) their god(s).
Each night of the ùÑÄáÀòÇú éÀîÅé äÇîÌÄùÑÀúÆä, the bᵊrâkh•âhꞋ of the ùÆÑáÇò áÀÌøÈëåÉú (aka the áÀÌøÈëåÉú ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï) corresponding to that evening is repeated.
Mōsh•ëhꞋ clearly adapted the universal ancient Middle East ta•vᵊn•itꞋ of ùÑÄáÀòÇú éÀîÅé äÇîÌÄùÑÀúÆä, i.e. Hi•lūl•âꞋ (implying an 8th-day ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï), when he designed the 7-days of wine-fest banqueting for commissioning Kō•han•imꞋ.
Mi•lū•imꞋ also culminated in an 8th day spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï communion with ”é‑‑ä ðÄøÀàÈä àÂìÅéëÆí”. (Consider, too, parallels with 8th-day Bᵊrit Mil•âhꞋ and Suk•ōtꞋ.)
As Mōsh•ëhꞋ corresponded the commissioning ceremony of Kō•han•imꞋ to a spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï, the antecedent spiritual ei•rūs•inꞋ must, a priori, have been the earlier personal undertaking of Tōr•âhꞋ, i.e. Bar-Mi•tzᵊwâhꞋ.
Signals Future Mâ•shiꞋakhTōr•âhꞋ ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï are preceded by concomitant antecedent ei•rūs•inꞋ. This theme of a spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï, therefore, presupposes that it’s the manifest fulfillment of an antecedent spiritual ei•rūs•inꞋ—confirmed by Hō•sheiꞋa. This further implies a corresponding spiritual a•rūs•âhꞋ (since the same Groom is, in both cases, é‑‑ä). The best-fit analogy to Ta•na"khꞋ prophecies of two appearances (ei•rūs•inꞋ and ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï) communing with é‑‑ä are the two prophesied appearances of the Mâ•shiꞋakh (Mâ•shiꞋakh Bën-Yō•seiphꞋ and Mâ•shiꞋakh Bën-Dâ•widꞋ)!
The spiritual äÄìÌåÌìÄéí cum Mi•lū•imꞋ were declared to be confirmed the following, 8th, day: ”é‑‑ä ðÄøÀàÈä àÂìÅéëÆí”.
This duo of promised appearances suggests that the first annual Khag, ha-Matz•ōtꞋ of 7 days, parallels the ei•rūs•inꞋ (a spiritual Yᵊtzi•âhꞋ via explicating Ta•na"khꞋ principles), i.e. Mâ•shiꞋakh Bën-Yō•seiphꞋ, while the last annual Khag, Sūk•ōtꞋ with a spiritual 8th day, parallels the, spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï (global-Israel internalizing Ta•na"khꞋ principles), i.e. Mâ•shiꞋakh Bën-Dâ•widꞋ!!!
When the Beit ha-Mi•qᵊdâshꞋ ha-Shein•iꞋ was destroyed in 70 CE, presumably the Mi•lū•imꞋ of kō•han•imꞋ continued, anticipating an eventual rebuilding. When the Romans destroyed the yō•khas•inꞋ, however, Ta•na"khꞋ-authentic kō•han•imꞋ became extinct according to Talmudic Law! (Today’s kō•han•imꞋ are ceremonial only.)
Absent any remaining Ta•na"khꞋ-authentic kō•han•imꞋ, celebration of a spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï to é‑‑ä was retrospectively applied, by (modern) QaꞋbâlist Kha•sid•imꞋ Jews in recent centuries, to the transcending of their nᵊphâsh•ōtꞋ at death.
Accordingly, their interpretation required associated reforms. While ei•rūs•inꞋ remained the antecedent, realized in the personal embracing of Tōr•âhꞋ as one’s life practice, thereby corresponding to Bar-Mi•tzᵊwâhꞋ (or conversion), the Qabbalist spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï to é‑‑ä was initiated by a death (spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï of the nëphꞋësh). This necessarily meant that the Hi•lūl•âꞋ (7-days of wine-fests) could only follow the spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï. Thus, the ‘7-days culminating in an 8th-day’ sequence was reversed. Today, the 7-days of ùÆÑáÇò áÀÌøÈëåÉú follow the ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï. See also L"g la-ŌꞋmër.
Transferral of the spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï to é‑‑ä (from the commissioning of kō•han•imꞋ to the transcending of the nëphꞋësh) sets up parallels between the three primary Life Cycle events in the Tōr•âhꞋ and the 3 Annual Khaj•imꞋ:
| Primary Life Events | 3 Annual Khaj•imꞋ |
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| (7 days of suckling followed by 8th day) Bᵊrit Mil•âhꞋ | 7-day Khag ha-Matz•ōtꞋ (which includes PësꞋakh) |
| Bar-Mi•tzᵊwâhꞋ (combined with above in conversion) | Khag ha-Shâvū•ōtꞋ (Yo•veilꞋ Day appended to above) |
| Hi•lūl•âꞋ anticipation of a spiritual ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï with é‑‑ä | 7-day Khag of Suk•ōtꞋ followed by the 8th Day A•tzërꞋët (Hi•lūl•âꞋ) |
Among Medieval Qabâlist mystics, the meaning of Hi•lūl•âꞋ narrowed to its primary usage today: a metonym for the death of a Khâ•sidꞋ. Thus, to most Jews of today, the Biblical meaning of äÄìÌåÌìÈà as a week-long series of pre-ðÄùÌÒåÌàÄéï wine-fests has been lost in the mists of Biblical antiquity.
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