Temurah (Halacha)

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Temurah (Halacha)
There are many laws regarding items which have been sanctified for Temple use
Halakhic sources*
Texts in Jewish law relating to this article:
Bible:	Leviticus 27:33
Babylonian Talmud:	Temurah
Mishneh Torah:	Book of Sacrifices:Temurah
Shulchan Aruch:	N/A
* Not meant as a definitive ruling. Some observances may be rabbinical, or customs, or Torah based.

Temurah ( Hebrew: תמורה) in Halakha is the prohibition against attempting to switch the sanctity of an animal that has been sanctified for the Temple in Jerusalem. It is based on Leviticus 27:33 which spells the prohibition out in as many words. There is a tractate in the Babylonian Talmud order of Kodshim of the same name which deals with the laws of Temurah as well as other issues relating to sanctified objects.

Like many tractates in the order of Kodshim, Temurah was not often learned by many Talmud scholars. Its reopening was included in the general Kodshim Renaissance brought about by the Brisk yeshivas.

The Six Orders of the Mishnah (ששה סדרי משנה)

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