Question: what is the significance of the red heifer in numbers 19?
Answer: The red heifer (Hebrew: פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה; para adumma) (female cow which is never pregnant or milked or yoked), also known as the red cow, was a cow brought to the priests as a sacrifice according to the Torah, and its ashes were used for the ritual purification of Tum'at HaMet ("the impurity of the dead"), that is, an ...