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The three pilgrim festivals discussed in this chapter\u2013 Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, each associated with a particular season of the year \u2013 were referred to earlier in Leviticus 23 and Numbers 28\u201329. Here in connection with Passover we read: \u201cObserve the month of Abib (spring) and offer a Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God\u2026\u201d (16:1). Shavuot is the festival that celebrates the harvesting of the first wheat and fruit crops: \u201cYou shall count off seven weeks; start to count the seven weeks when the sickle is first put to the standing grain\u201d (16:9). Sukkoth, which falls in the autumn, celebrates the last harvest of the year: \u201cAfter the ingathering from your threshing floor and your vat, you shall hold the Feast of Booths for seven days\u201d (16:13). Why did Moses relate to these festivals for the third time? What did he reveal here that was new?<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding Passover, the reference to \u201cthe month of Abib\u201d in this context is unique to this text. The emphasis here appears to be on the agricultural aspect of the festivals, which demands that they be celebrated at the appropriate times. Every so often – like this year – \u00a0an extra month (Adar II) is added to the Jewish calendar just before Passover to reconcile the lunar and solar cycles so that the pilgrimage festivals can be celebrated in their appointed seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

The painting is divided into three registers, one for each of the festivals. The top register, concerning Passover, includes three separate scenes, two of which are set against a green background, an allusion to the spring, the month of Abib. The white pyramids in the upper image recall the Exodus, and we see the Israelites marching upon what seems to be an outstretched long white arm leading them away from Egypt. The lower right-hand image depicts the tenth plague \u2013 the death of the Egyptians\u2019 firstborn \u2013 after which Pharaoh finally agreed to let the Israelites go. The scene to the left shows the crossing of the Sea, \u201cFor it was in the month of Abib at night that the Lord your God freed you from Egypt\u201d (16:1).<\/span><\/p>\n

The middle register portrays reaping on Shavuot, suggested by the figure of a farmer with a pitchfork piling up the grain he has cut. The bottom register, which shows several women gathering the ripened crop, is a reference to the time of the year\u2019s last harvest, which is celebrated on Sukkot. The artist modeled this last image on Millet\u2019s 1857 painting <\/span>The Gleaners<\/span><\/i>, celebrating the simple people who come with dignity to glean at the very end of the harvest.<\/span><\/p>\n

The images in the top register suggest the chronological linear direction connecting Passover with the historical past, whereas the other scenes figure the agricultural aspects of these holidays in the Land of Israel: \u201cThree times a year\u2026all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place that He will choose\u201d (16:16).<\/span><\/p>\n

Artwork by: Avner Moriah, by courtesy of the artist<\/span><\/p>\n

Text by: Dr. Shulamit Laderman, PhD in Art History, publications on Jewish and Christian influences on biblical interpretive illustration.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the entire weekly portion series, please visit:<\/span> https:\/\/avnermoriahprints.com\/collections\/parasha<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":50792,"id":50792,"title":"47 Ree-1","filename":"47-Ree-1.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47-Ree-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/three-pilgrimage-festivals\/47-ree-1\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"47-ree-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":50788,"date":"2019-03-05 17:29:57","modified":"2019-03-05 17:30:27","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1507,"height":2459,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47-Ree-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47-Ree-1-184x300.jpg","medium-width":184,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47-Ree-1-628x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":628,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47-Ree-1-628x1024.jpg","large-width":628,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47-Ree-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":941,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47-Ree-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1255,"2048x2048-height":2048,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47-Ree-1-735x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":735,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47-Ree-1-257x420.jpg","home_baner-width":257,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Three Pilgrimage Festivals","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Why did Moses relate to these festivals for the third time? 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