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The Sharia of Moses in the TORA
Part 1 - The 248 Positive Commandments of the Tora
113 - THE ASHES OF THE RED HEIFER
Numbers 19:9 -- “Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the water of purification; it is for purifying from sin.”
From the building of the Tabernacle in the desert to the destruction of the second temple only nine red heifers were thus prepared.*
* Mishneh Torah, Hilchoth Parah Adumah III, 4