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From Moses to the Second Temple: Only Nine Red Heifers From www.templeinstitute.com

The Mishna (Parah 3:5) teaches that until the destruction of the Second Temple, ashes had
been prepared from a total of only nine red heifers. The very first red heifer was
processed by Moses himself - as the verse states, "... have them bring you a red heifer."
The next one was done by the prophet Ezra at the beginning of the Second Temple.
And during the entire era of the Second Temple only seven more heifers were used for
ashes. This was enough to provide for the nation's needs for purification throughout
all those years.
The names of all the High Priests who prepared those seven heifers during Second Temple
times are recorded by the Mishna:
Simon the Just, made two
Yochanan, two
El'yhoeini ben Hakof, one
Chanamel HaMitzri , one
and Yishmael ben Pi'avi processed one heifer

Thus, from the time that Moses received the commandment of the red heifer from the Holy
One, blessed be He, until the destruction of the Second Temple, purifying ashes had
been produced by the hands of these great leaders totaled nine red heifers.
The Tenth Red Heifer Will be Prepared by the King Moshiach

(Take unto you a red heifer” (1st verse in this section“ (‫ ב‬,‫ויקחו אליך פרה אדמה )יט‬
Only to you, Moshe, and not to anyone else
.Even Shlomo HaMelech, the wisest man in the world, could not decipher the logical secret

(last verse in this section) (‫ יז‬,‫לטמא מאפר שרפה החטאת )יט‬

(This Parsha was given TO MOSHE (heads of letters in direct order
(and NOT to SHLOMO (same letters but out of order

.‫מִּני‬
ֶּ ‫מ‬
ִ ‫קה‬
ָ ‫רחֹו‬
ְ ‫היא‬
ִ ‫ ְו‬,‫מה‬
ָ ‫חָּכ‬
ְ‫א‬ֶ ‫תי‬
ִּ ‫ר‬
ְ‫מ‬
ַ‫א‬
ָ ;‫מה‬
ָ ‫חְכ‬
ָ‫ב‬ַ ‫תי‬
ִ ‫סי‬
ִּ ‫ ִנ‬,‫זה‬-‫ כג ָּכל‬,‫קוהלת ז‬
(I will be wise, but it was far from me” (written by ShlomoHaMelech"
‫( הפרה אדמה‬341 ‫והיא רחוקה )גמטריא‬
‫ספר מצות הגדול‬

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