Ain Hashofet News Today

bikkurim – or the first fruits of the “seven species” grown in Eretz Yisrael (wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates) – were brought to the Beit HaMikdash in Jerusalem and offered as a sacrificial gift to Hashem on Shavuot. Jewish National Fund label sheet depicting the Seven Species. The farmers bringing the bikkurim to the Temple were obligated to recite a formulaic “avowal” summarizing Jewish history from the time of Abraham through the ...