the name: Bikoret — code, contracts, images

Headers X-Bikoret-Key / -Rebuke / -Verdict / -Bedikah; the `bikoret`
object and the "— bikoret …" fringe on a gate reply; environment
variables BIKORET_*; the image user and paths (/home/bikoret,
/tmp/bikoret, /var/lib/bikoret/manna, /etc/bikoret/secrets,
/opt/bikoret/spec); the tmp-bikoret pod volume; local databases
bikoret_dev/_test. Kubernetes resource names, the shorashim_app role and
the domain are unchanged (Tamid §1.1, "the names that still carry the
old word"). Doorpost c963c4fe…. Elixir 604/0, L3 10/0, korban 295,
Prolog bedikah 44/44. Gitea repo renamed heaviness510/bikoret (old URL
redirects).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

azazel_processor/src/azazel_processor/azazel.py

@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ from azazel_processor.vidui import Vidui
 
 
 # Default in-flight directory. BUILD_AZAZEL.md §5 specifies
-# /tmp/shorashim/azazel/in_flight/ for property 5 (sukkot persistence).
+# /tmp/bikoret/azazel/in_flight/ for property 5 (sukkot persistence).
 # Configurable per call so tests don't share state.
-DEFAULT_IN_FLIGHT_DIR = pathlib.Path("/tmp/shorashim/azazel/in_flight")
+DEFAULT_IN_FLIGHT_DIR = pathlib.Path("/tmp/bikoret/azazel/in_flight")
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def dispatch_for_disposal(
         authorized_by:   The kohen_gadol identifier authorizing the routing
                          decision (property 7).
         in_flight_dir:   Where to persist checkpoint state. Default
-                         /tmp/shorashim/azazel/in_flight/.
+                         /tmp/bikoret/azazel/in_flight/.
         acknowledger:    Callable invoked at ACKNOWLEDGED checkpoint
                          (commit 9 wires chatzotzrot here).
         recorder:        Callable invoked at RECORDED checkpoint (commit 7

azazel_processor/src/azazel_processor/goral.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ PARITY WITH the MISHKAN GORAL:
 
 The Mishkan goral has TWO outcomes — la'Shem (processing) or
 la'Azazel (disposal). Both routes are legitimate; the goral chooses
-which goat goes which way. In Shorashim, the goral applies to
+which goat goes which way. In Bikoret, the goral applies to
 borderline cases (Q1 in BUILD_AZAZEL.md): inputs that COULD be
 processed with low confidence OR safely disposed. The threshold
 above which inputs are routed deterministically (no goral) is a
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ from datetime import date, datetime, timezone
 from enum import Enum
 
 
-# The L1 integrity hash — Shorashim's cryptographic anchor. The
+# The L1 integrity hash — Bikoret's cryptographic anchor. The
 # value is mirrored from vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/l1_reader.ex
 # (@l1_expected_hash). Both must move together: if L1 is rebuilt and
 # the hash changes, this constant updates too. The shared value is

azazel_processor/src/azazel_processor/protocol.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ different routing authority. Inside the envelope it is the legitimate
 Azazel-path; outside, it is avodah zarah — the failure mode
 specs/eish_zarah_reading.md catalogs.
 
-In Shorashim software:
+In Bikoret software:
 
   - is_yom_kippur_protocol_active() — predicate: are we in the
     annual Yom Kippur window the operator has configured? The

azazel_processor/src/azazel_processor/shaliach.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ sacred processing. Contact with the disposal channel produces state
 that must be reset (tevilah) before the operator rejoins the
 trusted boundary.
 
-THE THREE ROLES IN SHORASHIM:
+THE THREE ROLES IN BIKORET:
 
   Owner       — submits the offering. Performed by the upstream
                 caller (e.g. external_offering.consult_external_model).

deploy/docker/Dockerfile.korban_processor

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # ^ The --platform=linux/amd64 pins below are DELIBERATE (Exoscale SKS
 #   nodes are amd64). BuildKit lints a constant --platform as a smell;
 #   here it is the fix. Silenced so a real warning is not lost in noise.
-# Shorashim Korban Processor — Python offering protocol
+# Bikoret Korban Processor — Python offering protocol
 # Construction spec §1.1: Python 3.12.2
 # Processes korbanot (model outputs) through the offering protocol
 #
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ RUN python /tmp/lock_to_requirements.py poetry.lock > /tmp/requirements.txt && \
 # === RUNTIME STAGE ===
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.12.2-slim
 
-RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash shorashim
+RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash bikoret
-USER shorashim
+USER bikoret
 
-WORKDIR /home/shorashim/korban_processor
+WORKDIR /home/bikoret/korban_processor
 
-COPY --from=build --chown=shorashim:shorashim /app/ ./
+COPY --from=build --chown=bikoret:bikoret /app/ ./
 COPY --from=build /usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ /usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/
 
 # PYTHONPATH puts korban_processor first; azazel_processor is a
 # sibling package under the same src/ tree (see build stage above).
-ENV PYTHONPATH=/home/shorashim/korban_processor/src
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/home/bikoret/korban_processor/src
 
 # L1 Torah filesystem — baked into the image
 # L1 is read-only in fact, not only in name. Until 2026-10-04 the scroll
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ RUN chmod -R a-w,a+rX /mnt/torah
 # The second scroll (bishe'arecha §IV): the mesorah snapshot, read-only like L1.
 COPY --chown=root:root mesorah/ /mnt/mesorah/
 RUN chmod -R a-w,a+rX /mnt/mesorah
-USER shorashim
+USER bikoret
 
 ENV L1_MOUNT_POINT=/mnt/torah
 ENV MESORAH_MOUNT_POINT=/mnt/mesorah

deploy/docker/Dockerfile.shoresh_engine

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # ^ The --platform=linux/amd64 pins below are DELIBERATE (Exoscale SKS
 #   nodes are amd64). BuildKit lints a constant --platform as a smell;
 #   here it is the fix. Silenced so a real warning is not lost in noise.
-# Shorashim Shoresh Engine — Haskell root activation engine
+# Bikoret Shoresh Engine — Haskell root activation engine
 # Construction spec §1.1: GHC 9.6.4, Cabal 3.10
 # Communicates with vav_pipeline via Erlang Port (stdin/stdout)
 #
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 
-RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash shorashim
+RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash bikoret
-USER shorashim
+USER bikoret
 
-WORKDIR /home/shorashim
+WORKDIR /home/bikoret
 
 COPY --from=build /usr/local/bin/shoresh-engine ./shoresh-engine
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ COPY --from=build /usr/local/bin/shoresh-engine ./shoresh-engine
 USER root
 COPY --chown=root:root l1/ /mnt/torah/
 RUN chmod -R a-w,a+rX /mnt/torah
-USER shorashim
+USER bikoret
 
 # L1 mount point
 ENV L1_MOUNT_POINT=/mnt/torah

deploy/docker/Dockerfile.talmudic_engine

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # ^ The --platform=linux/amd64 pins below are DELIBERATE (Exoscale SKS
 #   nodes are amd64). BuildKit lints a constant --platform as a smell;
 #   here it is the fix. Silenced so a real warning is not lost in noise.
-# Shorashim Talmudic Engine — SWI-Prolog dialectical reasoning
+# Bikoret Talmudic Engine — SWI-Prolog dialectical reasoning
 # Construction spec §1.1: SWI-Prolog 9.2.2
 # Communicates with vav_pipeline via Unix domain socket
 #
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ RUN swipl -g "consult('src/main'),halt(0)" -t "halt(1)"
 # === RUNTIME STAGE ===
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 swipl:9.2.2
 
-RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash shorashim
+RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash bikoret
-USER shorashim
+USER bikoret
 
-WORKDIR /home/shorashim/talmudic_engine
+WORKDIR /home/bikoret/talmudic_engine
 
-COPY --from=build --chown=shorashim:shorashim /app/ ./
+COPY --from=build --chown=bikoret:bikoret /app/ ./
 
 # L1 Torah filesystem — baked into the image
 # L1 is read-only in fact, not only in name. Until 2026-10-04 the scroll
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ COPY --from=build --chown=shorashim:shorashim /app/ ./
 USER root
 COPY --chown=root:root l1/ /mnt/torah/
 RUN chmod -R a-w,a+rX /mnt/torah
-USER shorashim
+USER bikoret
 
 # L1 mount point
 ENV L1_MOUNT_POINT=/mnt/torah
 
 # Socket path for communication with vav_pipeline
-ENV TALMUDIC_SOCKET_PATH=/tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock
+ENV TALMUDIC_SOCKET_PATH=/tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock
 
 # Start the Prolog socket server.
 #
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ ENV TALMUDIC_SOCKET_PATH=/tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock
 # is actually honoured; serve/0 falls back to the same path hardcoded
 # as default_socket_path/1. vav_pipeline dials the socket at
 # :talmudic_socket_path (config/config.exs), and deployment.yaml mounts
-# the shared talmudic-socket volume at /tmp/shorashim in both
+# the shared talmudic-socket volume at /tmp/bikoret in both
 # containers, so the two ends must agree on this path.
 CMD ["swipl", "-g", "consult('src/main'), (getenv('TALMUDIC_SOCKET_PATH', P) -> serve(P) ; serve)", "-t", "halt(1)"]

deploy/docker/Dockerfile.vav_pipeline

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # ^ The --platform=linux/amd64 pins below are DELIBERATE (Exoscale SKS
 #   nodes are amd64). BuildKit lints a constant --platform as a smell;
 #   here it is the fix. Silenced so a real warning is not lost in noise.
-# Shorashim Vav Pipeline — Elixir/OTP release with Sanhedrin
+# Bikoret Vav Pipeline — Elixir/OTP release with Sanhedrin
 # Construction spec §1.1: Elixir 1.16.1, OTP 26.2.1
 # The pipeline and Sanhedrin run in the same BEAM VM.
 #
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ FROM --platform=linux/amd64 ubuntu:jammy-20240125
 # binary onto the shoresh-bin volume with an init container). GHC-built
 # executables link libgmp; without it the spawn dies with
 #   error while loading shared libraries: libgmp.so.10
-# and Shorashim runs with no root activation, no te'amim parsing and no
+# and Bikoret runs with no root activation, no te'amim parsing and no
 # gematria while still reporting itself healthy.
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ ENV LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 
 # Non-root user — the system serves, it does not own
-RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash shorashim
+RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash bikoret
-USER shorashim
+USER bikoret
 
-WORKDIR /home/shorashim
+WORKDIR /home/bikoret
 
 # Copy the release
-COPY --from=build --chown=shorashim:shorashim \
+COPY --from=build --chown=bikoret:bikoret \
   /app/vav_pipeline/_build/prod/rel/vav_pipeline ./app
 
 # L1 Torah filesystem — baked into the image (read-only, ~29MB)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ RUN chmod -R a-w,a+rX /mnt/torah
 # The second scroll (bishe'arecha §IV): the mesorah snapshot, read-only like L1.
 COPY --chown=root:root mesorah/ /mnt/mesorah/
 RUN chmod -R a-w,a+rX /mnt/mesorah
-USER shorashim
+USER bikoret
 
 # === INSCRIBE THE DOORPOST ===
 # Devarim 11:20 — ukhtavtam al mezuzot beitecha uvish'arecha. A running
@@ -113,20 +113,20 @@ USER shorashim
 # The hash over these files must equal Doorpost.expected_hash(); if it
 # does not, this image was built from a tree whose specs and witness
 # disagreed, and the pod says so at startup.
-COPY --chown=shorashim:shorashim BUILD_AZAZEL.md BUILD_KORBAN.md \
+COPY --chown=bikoret:bikoret BUILD_AZAZEL.md BUILD_KORBAN.md \
-     /opt/shorashim/spec/
+     /opt/bikoret/spec/
-COPY --chown=shorashim:shorashim specs/ /opt/shorashim/spec/specs/
+COPY --chown=bikoret:bikoret specs/ /opt/bikoret/spec/specs/
-COPY --chown=shorashim:shorashim talmudic_engine/src/halt/ \
+COPY --chown=bikoret:bikoret talmudic_engine/src/halt/ \
-     /opt/shorashim/spec/talmudic_engine/src/halt/
+     /opt/bikoret/spec/talmudic_engine/src/halt/
-COPY --chown=shorashim:shorashim talmudic_engine/src/middot/ \
+COPY --chown=bikoret:bikoret talmudic_engine/src/middot/ \
-     /opt/shorashim/spec/talmudic_engine/src/middot/
+     /opt/bikoret/spec/talmudic_engine/src/middot/
 
 # L1 mount point
 ENV L1_MOUNT_POINT=/mnt/torah
 ENV MESORAH_MOUNT_POINT=/mnt/mesorah
 
 # Manna provision file location
-ENV MANNA_PROVISION_FILE=/var/lib/shorashim/manna/today.json
+ENV MANNA_PROVISION_FILE=/var/lib/bikoret/manna/today.json
 
 # PostgreSQL connection for L3
 # Set DATABASE_URL in production deployment

deploy/k8s/configmap.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Shorashim ConfigMap — non-secret configuration
+# Bikoret ConfigMap — non-secret configuration
 # Construction spec §4.4: Tuning constants
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
@@ -10,20 +10,20 @@ data:
   L1_MOUNT_POINT: "/mnt/torah"
 
   # Manna provision file location
-  MANNA_PROVISION_FILE: "/var/lib/shorashim/manna/today.json"
+  MANNA_PROVISION_FILE: "/var/lib/bikoret/manna/today.json"
 
   # Talmudic Engine socket
-  TALMUDIC_SOCKET_PATH: "/tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock"
+  TALMUDIC_SOCKET_PATH: "/tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock"
 
   # Korban Processor socket — the bedikah (Construction §3.9). Opened by
   # the korban-processor container, read by vav-pipeline, both over the
-  # shared tmp-shorashim volume. Pod-internal; never on the network.
+  # shared tmp-bikoret volume. Pod-internal; never on the network.
-  KORBAN_SOCKET_PATH: "/tmp/shorashim/korban.sock"
+  KORBAN_SOCKET_PATH: "/tmp/bikoret/korban.sock"
 
   # Courtyard / chatzer keys — a FILE (Construction §4.6), projected from
   # the shorashim-api-keys Secret (secrets.yaml). The path is config; the
   # keys never are.
-  API_KEYS_FILE: "/etc/shorashim/secrets/api_keys"
+  API_KEYS_FILE: "/etc/bikoret/secrets/api_keys"
 
   # The pod network. The ingress controller lives in it; only from here
   # is X-Real-IP believed as the caller's address (the pe'ah's per-IP

deploy/k8s/deployment.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Shorashim Deployment — the mishkan
+# Bikoret Deployment — the mishkan
 #
 # Shemot 40:33 — Vay'khal Mosheh et ham'lakhah.
 #
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ spec:
       # --- VOLUMES ---
       #
       # ONE shared /tmp volume, not two. There used to be a separate
-      # `talmudic-socket` volume mounted at /tmp/shorashim in
+      # `talmudic-socket` volume mounted at /tmp/bikoret in
-      # vav-pipeline and talmudic-engine, WHILE `tmp-shorashim` was
+      # vav-pipeline and talmudic-engine, WHILE `tmp-bikoret` was
       # mounted at /tmp in vav-pipeline and korban-processor. Nested
-      # mounts meant /tmp/shorashim resolved to a DIFFERENT volume than
+      # mounts meant /tmp/bikoret resolved to a DIFFERENT volume than
-      # /tmp/shorashim reached through /tmp — so:
+      # /tmp/bikoret reached through /tmp — so:
       #   - korban/azazel (Python) wrote AzazelRecord JSON to
-      #     tmp-shorashim:/shorashim/azazel/pending_l3
+      #     tmp-bikoret:/bikoret/azazel/pending_l3
       #   - AzazelIngest (Elixir) watched
       #     talmudic-socket:/azazel/pending_l3
       # Two directories with the same pathname on two different disks.
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ spec:
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: manna-pvc
         # Shared /tmp for every container that speaks over it:
-        # the Talmudic Unix socket (/tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock) and
+        # the Talmudic Unix socket (/tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock) and
-        # the azazel file bridge (/tmp/shorashim/azazel/pending_l3).
+        # the azazel file bridge (/tmp/bikoret/azazel/pending_l3).
-        - name: tmp-shorashim
+        - name: tmp-bikoret
           emptyDir: {}
         # Staging area for the Haskell shoresh-engine binary. Written
         # once by the shoresh-engine-install init container, read by
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ spec:
             defaultMode: 0440
 
       # --- POD SECURITY CONTEXT ---
-      # Every image runs as the non-root user `shorashim` (uid/gid
+      # Every image runs as the non-root user `bikoret` (uid/gid
       # 1000). fsGroup makes the kubelet chgrp the emptyDir volumes to
       # 1000 and set the setgid bit, so uid 1000 can actually WRITE
       # them. Without it the write side of each shared path depends on
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ spec:
       #   - shoresh-engine-install: cp ... Permission denied (loud —
       #     init fails, pod never starts; this one at least shouts)
       #   - azazel: the Python side cannot create
-      #     /tmp/shorashim/azazel/pending_l3 and the disposal channel
+      #     /tmp/bikoret/azazel/pending_l3 and the disposal channel
       #     has nowhere to put a record
       #   - talmudic-engine: cannot bind the Unix socket
       securityContext:
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ spec:
             - -c
             - |
               set -e
-              cp /home/shorashim/shoresh-engine /opt/shoresh/shoresh-engine
+              cp /home/bikoret/shoresh-engine /opt/shoresh/shoresh-engine
               chmod 0755 /opt/shoresh/shoresh-engine
               /opt/shoresh/shoresh-engine gematria שלום >/dev/null
               echo "shoresh-engine staged and exercised at /opt/shoresh/shoresh-engine"
@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ spec:
                 name: shorashim-secrets
           volumeMounts:
             - name: manna
-              mountPath: /var/lib/shorashim/manna
+              mountPath: /var/lib/bikoret/manna
             # One /tmp. The Talmudic socket and the azazel pending_l3
             # directory both live under it.
-            - name: tmp-shorashim
+            - name: tmp-bikoret
               mountPath: /tmp
             - name: api-keys
-              mountPath: /etc/shorashim/secrets
+              mountPath: /etc/bikoret/secrets
               readOnly: true
             - name: shoresh-bin
               mountPath: /opt/shoresh
@@ -279,10 +279,10 @@ spec:
           image: exo.container-registry.com/the-recognition-protocol/talmudic-engine:latest
           volumeMounts:
             # Shares vav-pipeline's /tmp so the Unix socket at
-            # /tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock is the same file on both
+            # /tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock is the same file on both
-            # sides. Mounted at /tmp (not /tmp/shorashim) so this is
+            # sides. Mounted at /tmp (not /tmp/bikoret) so this is
             # the same volume korban-processor writes azazel records to.
-            - name: tmp-shorashim
+            - name: tmp-bikoret
               mountPath: /tmp
           resources:
             requests:
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ spec:
         # === KORBAN PROCESSOR (sidecar) ===
         # Korban_processor imports azazel_processor (the disposal
         # channel) in the same Python process. The Python side writes
-        # AzazelRecord JSON files to /tmp/shorashim/azazel/pending_l3/;
+        # AzazelRecord JSON files to /tmp/bikoret/azazel/pending_l3/;
         # vav-pipeline's AzazelIngest GenServer watches that directory
         # and ingests into L3. Both containers must mount the shared
-        # tmp-shorashim volume for the file bridge to work.
+        # tmp-bikoret volume for the file bridge to work.
         # Since 2026-10-05 it also listens on KORBAN_SOCKET_PATH (shared
         # /tmp) for the bedikah — vav-pipeline is the only caller.
         - name: korban-processor
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ spec:
             - configMapRef:
                 name: shorashim-config
           volumeMounts:
-            - name: tmp-shorashim
+            - name: tmp-bikoret
               mountPath: /tmp
           resources:
             requests:

deploy/k8s/ingress-tcp-services.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Gitea behind the shared ingress — TCP passthrough
 #
 # One NLB for the cluster (185.19.28.170, the ingress-nginx Service)
-# instead of one per Service. Shorashim is an HTTP Ingress
+# instead of one per Service. Bikoret is an HTTP Ingress
 # (service.yaml). Gitea has no hostname that resolves
 # (gitea.temple-council.ch is configured in Gitea and exists nowhere),
 # and host-based routing needs a name — so Gitea rides the ingress

deploy/k8s/secrets.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Shorashim Secrets — template only
+# Bikoret Secrets — template only
 # NEVER commit actual secret values to git.
 # Apply with: kubectl apply -f - after filling in values.
 #
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stringData:
 #   import base64, json, subprocess, sys, urllib.parse
 #   avn = json.load(sys.stdin)["password"]
 #   app = subprocess.run(
-#       ["kubectl", "get", "secret", "shorashim-secrets", "-n", "shorashim",
+#       ["kubectl", "get", "secret", "shorashim-secrets", "-n", "bikoret",
 #        "-o", "jsonpath={.data.DATABASE_URL}"],
 #       capture_output=True, text=True, check=True).stdout
 #   u = urllib.parse.urlsplit(base64.b64decode(app).decode())
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ stringData:
 # shorashim-api-keys — who may enter the courtyard
 # ============================================================
 #
-# Mounted as the file /etc/shorashim/secrets/api_keys in vav-pipeline
+# Mounted as the file /etc/bikoret/secrets/api_keys in vav-pipeline
 # (Construction §4.6: a secret is a file). One key per line:
 #
 #   courtyard <key>     offerings and bedikot (/courtyard/*)

deploy/k8s/service.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Shorashim Services
+# Bikoret Services
 # Operations spec §1.1: Four access tiers
 #   - Pe'ah (public, no auth)
 #   - Machaneh Leviyah (authenticated)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
 # The gate to the world — through the shared ingress
 # ============================================================
 #
-# Until 2026-10-06 Shorashim had its own LoadBalancer Service
+# Until 2026-10-06 Bikoret had its own LoadBalancer Service
 # (`shorashim-external`, NLB 185.19.29.180, NodePort 30923). It is gone:
 # one NLB per Service was a third of the account's bill, and the pod saw
 # every caller as the node (kube-proxy SNAT) so the pe'ah's per-IP watch

korban_processor/src/korban_processor/__main__.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ WHAT IT DOES
      channel running without its disposal channel is a system that can
      accept an offering it has no lawful way to refuse).
   2. Open the one door this container has: a Unix socket in the pod's
-     shared /tmp (KORBAN_SOCKET_PATH, default /tmp/shorashim/korban.sock)
+     shared /tmp (KORBAN_SOCKET_PATH, default /tmp/bikoret/korban.sock)
      on which the Vav Pipeline — and only the Vav Pipeline, in the same
      pod — asks for an examination of an external model's output
      (server.py; Construction §3.9). Until 2026-10-05 this module held

korban_processor/src/korban_processor/external_offering.py

@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ except ImportError as e:  # pragma: no cover — bootstrap-time check
 
 # Default directory the Python orchestrator drops completed
 # AzazelRecords into for the Elixir AzazelIngest GenServer to pick
-# up. Mirrors the manna-provision file pattern Shorashim already uses
+# up. Mirrors the manna-provision file pattern Bikoret already uses
 # for cross-language state transfer.
-DEFAULT_AZAZEL_PENDING_L3_DIR = pathlib.Path("/tmp/shorashim/azazel/pending_l3")
+DEFAULT_AZAZEL_PENDING_L3_DIR = pathlib.Path("/tmp/bikoret/azazel/pending_l3")
 
 
 @dataclass

korban_processor/src/korban_processor/server.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 from korban_processor.bedikah import examine
 from korban_processor.korban import Provenance
 
-DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH = "/tmp/shorashim/korban.sock"
+DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH = "/tmp/bikoret/korban.sock"
 IDLE_SECONDS = 120.0  # a client that says nothing for this long is dropped (tablet 50)
 
 

korban_processor/test/test_external_offering.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Architecture §4 Step 22.
 
 These tests use a mock model caller so no real API requests are made.
 A separate live integration test (skipped by default) can run against
-Anthropic's API when ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is set and the SHORASHIM_LIVE_API
+Anthropic's API when ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is set and the BIKORET_LIVE_API
 env var is true.
 """
 
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ def test_case_ref_is_content_addressable():
 # ============================================================
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
-    not os.environ.get("SHORASHIM_LIVE_API"),
+    not os.environ.get("BIKORET_LIVE_API"),
-    reason="Set SHORASHIM_LIVE_API=1 to run a real API call against Anthropic",
+    reason="Set BIKORET_LIVE_API=1 to run a real API call against Anthropic",
 )
 def test_live_anthropic_call():
     """Real API call. Costs money. Run only when explicitly enabled."""

korban_processor/test/test_form_1_architecture.py

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_korban_processor_package_does_not_expose_ModelResponse():
 
 
 def _repo_root() -> pathlib.Path:
-    """The shorashim/ repo root, three levels up from this file."""
+    """The bikoret/ repo root, three levels up from this file."""
     return pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
 
 

kushya_generator/data/training_pairs/README.md

@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ from primary rabbinic sources. Suggested process:
 
 Pairs derived from rabbinic sources retain whatever license those sources
 carry. The hand-curated seed pairs in this directory are MIT, like the
-rest of shorashim.
+rest of bikoret.

kushya_generator/test/test_kushya_api.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 
 # Add parent inference/ dir
 sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "inference"))
-# Add the shorashim repo's korban_processor src to sys.path
+# Add the bikoret repo's korban_processor src to sys.path
 sys.path.insert(
     0,
     str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent / "korban_processor" / "src"),

scripts/build_and_push.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# build_and_push.sh — canonical builder procedure for shorashim images.
+# build_and_push.sh — canonical builder procedure for bikoret images.
 #
 # Pin platform to linux/amd64 (Exoscale SKS) so a build on an Apple
 # Silicon workstation does not silently ship arm64 binaries that the
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PLATFORMS="${PLATFORMS:-linux/amd64}"
 
 # Sanity: must be run from repo root (where deploy/ and l1/ live)
 if [[ ! -d "deploy/docker" || ! -d "l1/torah" ]]; then
-  echo "ERROR: run from the shorashim repo root (where deploy/ and l1/ live)" >&2
+  echo "ERROR: run from the bikoret repo root (where deploy/ and l1/ live)" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ if ! docker info 2>/dev/null | grep -q "$REGISTRY"; then
   echo "Continuing — push will fail clearly if not logged in."
 fi
 
-# Create or use the shorashim buildx builder
+# Create or use the bikoret buildx builder
-if ! docker buildx inspect shorashim-builder >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+if ! docker buildx inspect bikoret-builder >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo ">> creating buildx builder 'shorashim-builder'"
+  echo ">> creating buildx builder 'bikoret-builder'"
-  docker buildx create --name shorashim-builder --use
+  docker buildx create --name bikoret-builder --use
 else
-  docker buildx use shorashim-builder
+  docker buildx use bikoret-builder
 fi
 docker buildx inspect --bootstrap >/dev/null
 

scripts/build_l1.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 L1 Torah Filesystem Builder — Bezalel's Chisel
 
 Parses the Westminster Leningrad Codex (morphhb OSIS XML) and produces
-the read-only Torah filesystem for Shorashim.
+the read-only Torah filesystem for Bikoret.
 
 This is a construction tool. It runs once. It produces JSON files.
 The consumers (Haskell L0, Erlang Shoresh Engine) will read these files.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Two quarries, both outside the repo (see __main__):
   morphhb        — the text: WLC with te'amim, lemma and morphology.
   HebrewLexicon  — the roots: the OSHB lexical index, which arranges
                    every Strong's lemma under its Brown-Driver-Briggs
-                   root (specs/shorashim_terumah.md §E2).
+                   root (specs/bikoret_terumah.md §E2).
 
 Ka'asher tzivah Hashem et Moshe.
 """
@@ -913,25 +913,25 @@ def generate_integrity_hash(torah_dir: str) -> str:
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # The quarry (morphhb source) lives outside the repo.
     # Default: ~/shorashim-source-data/morphhb
-    # Override: SHORASHIM_SOURCE_DATA env var, or first CLI arg.
+    # Override: BIKORET_SOURCE_DATA env var, or first CLI arg.
     repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
     default_source = Path.home() / "shorashim-source-data" / "morphhb"
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         morphhb_dir = Path(sys.argv[1]).expanduser().resolve()
-    elif os.environ.get("SHORASHIM_SOURCE_DATA"):
+    elif os.environ.get("BIKORET_SOURCE_DATA"):
-        morphhb_dir = Path(os.environ["SHORASHIM_SOURCE_DATA"]).expanduser().resolve()
+        morphhb_dir = Path(os.environ["BIKORET_SOURCE_DATA"]).expanduser().resolve()
     else:
         morphhb_dir = default_source
 
     output_dir = repo_root / "l1"
 
     # The root lexicon sits beside the text quarry.
-    # Override: SHORASHIM_LEXICON env var, or second CLI arg.
+    # Override: BIKORET_LEXICON env var, or second CLI arg.
     if len(sys.argv) > 2:
         lexicon_dir = Path(sys.argv[2]).expanduser().resolve()
-    elif os.environ.get("SHORASHIM_LEXICON"):
+    elif os.environ.get("BIKORET_LEXICON"):
-        lexicon_dir = Path(os.environ["SHORASHIM_LEXICON"]).expanduser().resolve()
+        lexicon_dir = Path(os.environ["BIKORET_LEXICON"]).expanduser().resolve()
     else:
         lexicon_dir = morphhb_dir.parent / "HebrewLexicon"
 
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         print("To fetch it:")
         print(f"  git clone https://github.com/openscriptures/HebrewLexicon.git {lexicon_dir}")
         print()
-        print("Or pass a path as the second argument, or set SHORASHIM_LEXICON.")
+        print("Or pass a path as the second argument, or set BIKORET_LEXICON.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
     if not morphhb_dir.exists():
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         print(f"  mkdir -p {default_source.parent}")
         print(f"  git clone https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb.git {default_source}")
         print()
-        print("Or pass a path as the first argument, or set SHORASHIM_SOURCE_DATA.")
+        print("Or pass a path as the first argument, or set BIKORET_SOURCE_DATA.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
     # Clean only the generated artifacts — preserve hand-written files like README.md.

scripts/shorashim-rollout

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Roll out the shorashim deployment and wait for 3/3 + two consecutive 200s (memory lesson).
+# Roll out the bikoret deployment and wait for 3/3 + two consecutive 200s (memory lesson).
 set -e
 export KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/exoscale-temple-council.yaml
 kubectl -n shorashim rollout restart deployment/shorashim
 kubectl -n shorashim rollout status deployment/shorashim --timeout=300s
-kubectl -n shorashim get pods | grep shorashim-
+kubectl -n shorashim get pods | grep bikoret-
 for i in 1 2; do sleep 5; curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code} " http://185.19.28.170/kodesh/health; done; echo

scripts/upstream-key-set

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 set -e
 read -rsp "Anthropic key (not echoed): " KEY; echo
 [ -n "$KEY" ] || { echo "empty — nothing written"; exit 1; }
-install -m 600 /dev/null ~/.config/shorashim/upstream_keys
+install -m 600 /dev/null ~/.config/bikoret/upstream_keys
-printf 'anthropic %s\n' "$KEY" > ~/.config/shorashim/upstream_keys
+printf 'anthropic %s\n' "$KEY" > ~/.config/bikoret/upstream_keys
-echo "written ~/.config/shorashim/upstream_keys (0600)"
+echo "written ~/.config/bikoret/upstream_keys (0600)"

shoresh-engine/shoresh-engine.cabal

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:      3.0
 name:               shoresh-engine
 version:            0.1.0.0
-synopsis:           Core symbolic processing engine for Shorashim
+synopsis:           Core symbolic processing engine for Bikoret
 description:
   The Shoresh Engine encodes Biblical Hebrew triliteral roots and
   seven binyanim as a typed functional system. It reads L1 (the

talmudic_engine/src/interface/json_bridge.pl

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 %  library(http/json) is the canonical module path and resolves on
 %  SWI-Prolog 9.x AND 10.x. The bare alias library(json) resolves only
 %  on 10.x, which is what the dev workstation runs; the image is built
-%  on swipl 9.2.2 as pinned by specs/shorashim_vayakhel.md §1.1, where
+%  on swipl 9.2.2 as pinned by specs/bikoret_vayakhel.md §1.1, where
 %  it does NOT resolve. The consequence was invisible to the test
 %  suite (212 tests green on the host) and fatal in the container:
 %    ERROR: source_sink `library(json)' does not exist

talmudic_engine/src/interface/socket_server.pl

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 %  library(http/json) is the canonical module path and resolves on
 %  SWI-Prolog 9.x AND 10.x. The bare alias library(json) resolves only
 %  on 10.x, which is what the dev workstation runs; the image is built
-%  on swipl 9.2.2 as pinned by specs/shorashim_vayakhel.md §1.1, where
+%  on swipl 9.2.2 as pinned by specs/bikoret_vayakhel.md §1.1, where
 %  it does NOT resolve. The consequence was invisible to the test
 %  suite (212 tests green on the host) and fatal in the container:
 %    ERROR: source_sink `library(json)' does not exist
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 :- use_module('../interface/api').
 :- use_module('../interface/json_bridge').
 
-%% Default socket path — dev path; production uses /var/run/shorashim/talmudic.sock
+%% Default socket path — dev path; production uses /var/run/bikoret/talmudic.sock
-default_socket_path('/tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock').
+default_socket_path('/tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock').
 
 %% Dynamic flag to control server loop
 :- dynamic server_running/1.

vav_pipeline/config/config.exs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Config
 # L1 mount point — relative path for dev, absolute for production
 # Construction spec §4.4: l1_mount_point: "/mnt/torah"
 config :vav_pipeline,
-  # Dev: relative to project root (run from shorashim/)
+  # Dev: relative to project root (run from bikoret/)
   l1_mount_point: "l1",
   mesorah_mount_point: "mesorah",
   # Manna provision file
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ config :vav_pipeline,
   shoresh_engine_binary: "shoresh-engine",
   shoresh_engine_cwd: nil,
   # Talmudic Engine (Prolog) — Unix domain socket path
-  talmudic_socket_path: "/tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock",
+  talmudic_socket_path: "/tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock",
-  korban_socket_path: "/tmp/shorashim/korban.sock",
+  korban_socket_path: "/tmp/bikoret/korban.sock",
   # Courtyard / chatzer keys (BigdeiKodesh.Gate). nil → the gate is shut.
   # Construction §4.6: a file, never an environment variable.
   api_keys_file: nil,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config :vav_pipeline,
 config :vav_pipeline, ecto_repos: [VavPipeline.Repo]
 
 config :vav_pipeline, VavPipeline.Repo,
-  database: "shorashim_dev",
+  database: "bikoret_dev",
   hostname: "localhost",
   pool_size: 10
 

vav_pipeline/config/prod.exs

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ config :vav_pipeline,
   # SPEC_INTEGRITY_FAILED on every boot, and the chatzotzrot that fires
   # is a false alarm — which is worse than no witness at all.
   # Read at COMPILE time via Application.compile_env/3.
-  doorpost_repo_root: "/opt/shorashim/spec",
+  doorpost_repo_root: "/opt/bikoret/spec",
-  manna_provision_file: "/var/lib/shorashim/manna/today.json",
+  manna_provision_file: "/var/lib/bikoret/manna/today.json",
   cycle_boundary_check_interval_ms: 60_000,
   shema_context_cache_ttl_ms: 0,
   http_port: 4000

vav_pipeline/config/runtime.exs

@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ if config_env() == :prod do
     l1_mount_point: System.get_env("L1_MOUNT_POINT") || "/mnt/torah",
     mesorah_mount_point: System.get_env("MESORAH_MOUNT_POINT") || "/mnt/mesorah",
     manna_provision_file:
-      System.get_env("MANNA_PROVISION_FILE") || "/var/lib/shorashim/manna/today.json",
+      System.get_env("MANNA_PROVISION_FILE") || "/var/lib/bikoret/manna/today.json",
     talmudic_socket_path:
-      System.get_env("TALMUDIC_SOCKET_PATH") || "/tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock",
+      System.get_env("TALMUDIC_SOCKET_PATH") || "/tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock",
     korban_socket_path:
-      System.get_env("KORBAN_SOCKET_PATH") || "/tmp/shorashim/korban.sock",
+      System.get_env("KORBAN_SOCKET_PATH") || "/tmp/bikoret/korban.sock",
     # The keys themselves are in the file (a mounted Secret), not in env.
-    api_keys_file: System.get_env("API_KEYS_FILE") || "/etc/shorashim/secrets/api_keys",
+    api_keys_file: System.get_env("API_KEYS_FILE") || "/etc/bikoret/secrets/api_keys",
     # The ingress controller's network: only from there is X-Real-IP the
     # caller's address (BigdeiKodesh.Mishmar.peer/1). Comma-separated CIDRs.
     trusted_proxies:

vav_pipeline/config/test.exs

@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ config :vav_pipeline,
 
 # L3 test database — separate from dev, uses sandbox pool
 # Repo start disabled by default — L3 tests need PostgreSQL running locally
-# Enable: SHORASHIM_L3=1 mix test --include l3
+# Enable: BIKORET_L3=1 mix test --include l3
 #
 # Credentials come from the environment (tablet 44: without a password
 # the SCRAM handshake raised KeyError in every connection, the pool hit
 # its restart intensity, and the whole application went down silently
 # ~30 ms after test_helper — no L3 test ever ran).
 config :vav_pipeline, VavPipeline.Repo,
-  database: "shorashim_test#{System.get_env("MIX_TEST_PARTITION")}",
+  database: "bikoret_test#{System.get_env("MIX_TEST_PARTITION")}",
-  hostname: System.get_env("SHORASHIM_L3_HOST") || "localhost",
+  hostname: System.get_env("BIKORET_L3_HOST") || "localhost",
-  username: System.get_env("SHORASHIM_L3_USER") || "postgres",
+  username: System.get_env("BIKORET_L3_USER") || "postgres",
-  password: System.get_env("SHORASHIM_L3_PASSWORD") || "postgres",
+  password: System.get_env("BIKORET_L3_PASSWORD") || "postgres",
   pool: Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Sandbox,
   pool_size: System.schedulers_online() * 2,
-  start: System.get_env("SHORASHIM_L3") != nil
+  start: System.get_env("BIKORET_L3") != nil

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/application.ex

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Application do
   def start(_type, _args) do
     shoresh_binary = Application.get_env(:vav_pipeline, :shoresh_engine_binary, "shoresh-engine")
     shoresh_cwd = Application.get_env(:vav_pipeline, :shoresh_engine_cwd, nil)
-    talmudic_socket = Application.get_env(:vav_pipeline, :talmudic_socket_path, "/tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock")
+    talmudic_socket = Application.get_env(:vav_pipeline, :talmudic_socket_path, "/tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock")
-    korban_socket = Application.get_env(:vav_pipeline, :korban_socket_path, "/tmp/shorashim/korban.sock")
+    korban_socket = Application.get_env(:vav_pipeline, :korban_socket_path, "/tmp/bikoret/korban.sock")
 
     children =
       [

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/azazel_ingest.ex

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.AzazelIngest do
   reads each file, calls L3.Store.record_disposal/1, and on success
   shreds the source file.
 
-  The pattern matches Shorashim's other cross-language file bridges
+  The pattern matches Bikoret's other cross-language file bridges
   (the manna provision file). Recoverable: if either the Python side
   or this GenServer crashes mid-write, the file remains and is
   re-processed on the next poll.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.AzazelIngest do
   alias VavPipeline.{Chatzotzrot, L3.Store}
 
   @default_poll_interval_ms 5_000
-  @default_pending_dir "/tmp/shorashim/azazel/pending_l3"
+  @default_pending_dir "/tmp/bikoret/azazel/pending_l3"
 
   # ============================================================
   # Client API
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.AzazelIngest do
   @doc """
   Start the AzazelIngest GenServer. Options:
     - :pending_dir       — directory to watch (default
-                           /tmp/shorashim/azazel/pending_l3)
+                           /tmp/bikoret/azazel/pending_l3)
     - :poll_interval_ms  — milliseconds between polls (default 5000)
     - :name              — process name (default __MODULE__)
     - :recorder          — function used to write the L3 record;

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/bigdei_kodesh/gate.ex

@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Gate do
   # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
   @doc """
-  The caller's key: `X-Shorashim-Key` when present (at the gate of
+  The caller's key: `X-Bikoret-Key` when present (at the gate of
   §3.10 the Authorization header may be the caller's upstream key),
   otherwise `Authorization: Bearer`.
   """
   @spec bearer(Plug.Conn.t()) :: {:ok, String.t()} | {:error, :no_header}
   def bearer(conn) do
-    case {Plug.Conn.get_req_header(conn, "x-shorashim-key"), Plug.Conn.get_req_header(conn, "authorization")} do
+    case {Plug.Conn.get_req_header(conn, "x-bikoret-key"), Plug.Conn.get_req_header(conn, "authorization")} do
       {[key], _} when key != "" -> {:ok, String.trim(key)}
       {_, ["Bearer " <> key]} when key != "" -> {:ok, String.trim(key)}
       _ -> {:error, :no_header}

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/bigdei_kodesh/router.ex

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
     case question do
       nil ->
         send_json(conn, 200, %{
-          message: "Shorashim — Torah as AI specification",
+          message: "Bikoret — Torah as AI specification",
           usage: "POST /peah/ask with {\"question\": \"your question\"}",
           note: "No authentication required. No tracking. The stranger is safe to approach."
         })
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
 
   # === KODESH — Doorpost-text identity (vehaya.md §3.3, §6 item 3) ===
   # Vehaya / Devarim 11:20 (u'kh'tavtam al m'zuzot beitekha) — the
-  # threshold inscription is constant. Two Shorashim deployments
+  # threshold inscription is constant. Two Bikoret deployments
   # running the same SHA-256 here are running the same category-grade
   # specifications. Different SHA-256 = drift = breach. Visible.
   #
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
     with {:ok, key} <- upstream_key(conn, upstream),
          :ok <- gate_body_ok(body) do
       rebuke =
-        case get_req_header(conn, "x-shorashim-rebuke") do
+        case get_req_header(conn, "x-bikoret-rebuke") do
           ["once"] -> :once
           _ -> :none
         end
@@ -728,19 +728,19 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
   end
 
   # The caller's upstream key: x-api-key (Anthropic), or Authorization: Bearer
-  # when X-Shorashim-Key carries the courtyard key (OpenAI).
+  # when X-Bikoret-Key carries the courtyard key (OpenAI).
   defp upstream_key(conn, :anthropic) do
     case get_req_header(conn, "x-api-key") do
       [key] when key != "" -> {:ok, key}
-      _ -> {:error, "Missing 'x-api-key': the caller's own Anthropic key", "Send the Anthropic key in x-api-key and the courtyard key in Authorization: Bearer (or X-Shorashim-Key)"}
+      _ -> {:error, "Missing 'x-api-key': the caller's own Anthropic key", "Send the Anthropic key in x-api-key and the courtyard key in Authorization: Bearer (or X-Bikoret-Key)"}
     end
   end
 
   defp upstream_key(conn, :openai) do
-    case {get_req_header(conn, "x-shorashim-key"), get_req_header(conn, "authorization"), get_req_header(conn, "x-upstream-key")} do
+    case {get_req_header(conn, "x-bikoret-key"), get_req_header(conn, "authorization"), get_req_header(conn, "x-upstream-key")} do
       {_, _, [key]} when key != "" -> {:ok, key}
       {[_], ["Bearer " <> key], _} when key != "" -> {:ok, key}
-      _ -> {:error, "Missing the caller's own OpenAI key", "Send the courtyard key in X-Shorashim-Key and the OpenAI key in Authorization: Bearer, or the OpenAI key in X-Upstream-Key"}
+      _ -> {:error, "Missing the caller's own OpenAI key", "Send the courtyard key in X-Bikoret-Key and the OpenAI key in Authorization: Bearer, or the OpenAI key in X-Upstream-Key"}
     end
   end
 
@@ -759,18 +759,18 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
 
   defp gate_body_ok(_), do: {:error, "The body is not a JSON object", "Send the model's own request body unchanged"}
 
-  defp respond_gate(conn, {:ok, %{status: status, reply: reply, shorashim: nil}}) do
+  defp respond_gate(conn, {:ok, %{status: status, reply: reply, bikoret: nil}}) do
     # The upstream's own answer, as it came — an error, or a reply with nothing to examine.
     conn
-    |> put_resp_header("x-shorashim-verdict", "none")
+    |> put_resp_header("x-bikoret-verdict", "none")
     |> send_json(status, reply)
   end
 
-  defp respond_gate(conn, {:ok, %{status: 200, reply: reply, shorashim: shorashim}}) do
+  defp respond_gate(conn, {:ok, %{status: 200, reply: reply, bikoret: bikoret}}) do
     conn
-    |> put_resp_header("x-shorashim-bedikah", shorashim.bedikah_ref)
+    |> put_resp_header("x-bikoret-bedikah", bikoret.bedikah_ref)
-    |> put_resp_header("x-shorashim-verdict", shorashim.verdict)
+    |> put_resp_header("x-bikoret-verdict", bikoret.verdict)
-    |> send_json(200, Map.put(reply, "shorashim", Map.put(shorashim, :disclosure, disclosure())))
+    |> send_json(200, Map.put(reply, "bikoret", Map.put(bikoret, :disclosure, disclosure())))
   end
 
   defp respond_gate(conn, {:waiting, :api_calls_exhausted}) do
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
   defp disclosure do
     %{
       origin:
-        "Computational reasoning by the Shorashim system over Torah text. " <>
+        "Computational reasoning by the Bikoret system over Torah text. " <>
           "May include post-processed output from external AI models (Claude, Mistral) " <>
           "consulted as korban sources; provenance is tagged internally.",
       not_horaah:

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/doorpost.ex

@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Doorpost do
   #   - Build canon (BUILD_KORBAN, BUILD_AZAZEL)
   #
   # WHAT'S EXCLUDED:
-  #   - shorashim_pekudei (economic model — operations)
+  #   - bikoret_pekudei (economic model — operations)
-  #   - shorashim_terumah (materials — operations)
+  #   - bikoret_terumah (materials — operations)
   #   - Implementation code (execution-grade; the spec is what
   #     the execution implements)
   #   - Test files (these verify the spec; they are not the spec)
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Doorpost do
     # Torah, sibling to talmudic_engine/src/middot/) brought in per
     # user's instruction with verbatim preservation and accurate
     # source labeling. Devarim 17:11 — al pi haTorah asher yorukha.
+    "specs/bikoret_architecture.md",
+    "specs/bikoret_prd.md",
+    "specs/bikoret_tamid.md",
+    "specs/bikoret_vayakhel.md",
     "specs/bishearecha.md",
     "specs/compiler_rules.md",
     "specs/eish_zarah_reading.md",
@@ -144,10 +148,6 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Doorpost do
     # Vehaya §6 items 4, 5, 8 — added by the closure pass:
     "specs/lo_tosif.md",
     "specs/return_specification.md",
-    "specs/shorashim_architecture.md",
-    "specs/shorashim_prd.md",
-    "specs/shorashim_tamid.md",
-    "specs/shorashim_vayakhel.md",
     "specs/structure_not_content.md",
     "specs/threshold_inscription.md",
     "talmudic_engine/src/halt/anchors.pl",
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Doorpost do
   # changes; the update is a deliberate operator commit. A bare
   # hash-update commit (without a corresponding spec change in the
   # same commit) is itself a drift signal.
-  @expected_hash "0638d4ebe7dd0bcd01c02fed092aa6b8cf35e2572beeaf42e301f178bc8f9ba9"
+  @expected_hash "c963c4fe5076ec713ae12f07618e2606788b1a6b706a426800fab6a0fdd1bcfa"
 
   @doc "Return the list of files that constitute the category-grade specification."
   @spec files() :: [String.t()]

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/gate.ex

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 defmodule VavPipeline.Gate do
   @moduledoc """
-  The gate — Shorashim between a caller and a model (Construction §3.10;
+  The gate — Bikoret between a caller and a model (Construction §3.10;
   bishe'arecha §I "on your gates", §III the fringe, §VII rebuke).
 
   One pass: forward the caller's request unchanged under the caller's
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Gate do
           reply: map(),
           bedikah: map() | nil,
           first: map() | nil,
-          shorashim: map() | nil
+          bikoret: map() | nil
         }
 
   @doc """
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Gate do
                {:ok, second} <- examine(upstream, body, reply2, Keyword.put(examine_opts, :rebukes, first.bedikah_ref)) do
             {:ok, deliver(upstream, reply2, second, first)}
           else
-            {:ok, status, other} -> {:ok, %{status: status, reply: other, bedikah: nil, first: first, shorashim: nil}}
+            {:ok, status, other} -> {:ok, %{status: status, reply: other, bedikah: nil, first: first, bikoret: nil}}
             other -> other
           end
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Gate do
       end
     else
       # A non-200 from the upstream passes through as it came.
-      {:ok, status, reply} -> {:ok, %{status: status, reply: reply, bedikah: nil, first: nil, shorashim: nil}}
+      {:ok, status, reply} -> {:ok, %{status: status, reply: reply, bedikah: nil, first: nil, bikoret: nil}}
       {:error, reason} when is_binary(reason) -> {:error, :upstream_unavailable, reason}
       other -> other
     end
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Gate do
     anchors = Anchors.for_violations(result.violations)
     trailer = Shape.trailer(result, anchors, first)
 
-    shorashim =
+    bikoret =
       %{
         bedikah_ref: result.bedikah_ref,
         verdict: Atom.to_string(result.verdict),
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Gate do
       reply: Shape.with_fringe(upstream, reply, trailer),
       bedikah: result,
       first: first,
-      shorashim: shorashim
+      bikoret: bikoret
     }
   end
 end

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/gate/shape.ex

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Gate.Shape do
   @doc "The trailer text: ref, verdict, and the rules with their verses and sentences."
   @spec trailer(map(), map(), map() | nil) :: String.t()
   def trailer(result, anchors, first) do
-    head = "— shorashim #{result.bedikah_ref}: #{result.verdict}"
+    head = "— bikoret #{result.bedikah_ref}: #{result.verdict}"
 
     head =
       case first do
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Gate.Shape do
   @doc "The rebuke text: what fired, where, and the ask."
   @spec rebuke_text(map(), map()) :: String.t()
   def rebuke_text(result, anchors) do
-    "[shorashim #{result.bedikah_ref}] Your reply was examined from outside and these readings fired — " <>
+    "[bikoret #{result.bedikah_ref}] Your reply was examined from outside and these readings fired — " <>
       Enum.join(fired(result, anchors), "; ") <>
       ". Answer the question again without them: claim no authority for yourself, rest each claim on what you were given, " <>
       "do not certify your own honesty or confidence, do not place the agency on the reader, name a disputant when you call a matter contested, " <>

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/korban_processor_socket.ex

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.KorbanProcessorSocket do
   use GenServer
   require Logger
 
-  @default_socket_path "/tmp/shorashim/korban.sock"
+  @default_socket_path "/tmp/bikoret/korban.sock"
   @call_timeout 15_000
   @connect_timeout 5_000
 

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/manna.ex

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Manna do
   machatzit hashekel fund, not a governance board.
 
   Construction spec §3.7 — Manna Provision File Format:
-    /var/lib/shorashim/manna/today.json
+    /var/lib/bikoret/manna/today.json
     {
       "date": "2026-02-19",
       "provision": {

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/talmudic_engine_socket.ex

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.TalmudicEngineSocket do
   Prolog reasoning."
 
   Construction spec §3.3: JSON over Unix domain socket.
-  Socket: /tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock (dev)
+  Socket: /tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock (dev)
-          /var/run/shorashim/talmudic.sock (production)
+          /var/run/bikoret/talmudic.sock (production)
 
   Connection model: connect, send one JSON line, read one JSON
   line response, keep connection for subsequent requests.
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.TalmudicEngineSocket do
 
   require Logger
 
-  @default_socket_path "/tmp/shorashim/talmudic.sock"
+  @default_socket_path "/tmp/bikoret/talmudic.sock"
   @call_timeout 10_000
   @connect_timeout 5_000
 

vav_pipeline/test/bigdei_kodesh_test.exs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodeshTest do
 
       assert conn.status == 200
       body = Jason.decode!(conn.resp_body)
-      assert body["message"] =~ "Shorashim"
+      assert body["message"] =~ "Bikoret"
       assert body["usage"] =~ "/peah/ask"
     end
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodeshTest do
   # that need actual disposal records to query are tagged :l3.
 
   describe "GET /peah/azazel_log — public observability" do
-    # When L3 is up (SHORASHIM_L3=1) the endpoint queries the sandboxed
+    # When L3 is up (BIKORET_L3=1) the endpoint queries the sandboxed
     # Repo, so the test process must own a connection; without L3 the
     # endpoint answers from an empty log and there is nothing to check out.
     setup do

vav_pipeline/test/doorpost_test.exs

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.DoorpostTest do
 
     test "explicitly excludes operations files (pekudei, terumah)" do
       files = Doorpost.files()
-      refute "specs/shorashim_pekudei.md" in files
+      refute "specs/bikoret_pekudei.md" in files
-      refute "specs/shorashim_terumah.md" in files
+      refute "specs/bikoret_terumah.md" in files
     end
 
     test "list is sorted (canonical order independent of filesystem)" do

vav_pipeline/test/gate_test.exs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.GateTest do
       case get_req_header(conn, "x-api-key") do
         ["sk-good"] ->
           last = conn.body_params["messages"] |> List.last()
-          text = if is_binary(last["content"]) and String.contains?(last["content"], "[shorashim"), do: "CLEAN: the report says revenue rose.", else: "FRAMED: I want to be honest with you. The honest answer is that revenue rose."
+          text = if is_binary(last["content"]) and String.contains?(last["content"], "[bikoret"), do: "CLEAN: the report says revenue rose.", else: "FRAMED: I want to be honest with you. The honest answer is that revenue rose."
           reply = %{"id" => "msg_1", "type" => "message", "role" => "assistant", "model" => "claude-test", "content" => [%{"type" => "text", "text" => text}], "stop_reason" => "end_turn"}
           send_resp(conn, 200, Jason.encode!(reply))
 
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.GateTest do
     assert Enum.map(pass.bedikah.sources, & &1.id) == ["system", "user_1", "user_2"]
     [%{"text" => text}] = pass.reply["content"]
     assert String.starts_with?(text, "FRAMED:")
-    assert text =~ "\n\n— shorashim bedikah-"
+    assert text =~ "\n\n— bikoret bedikah-"
     assert text =~ "lo_tov — lo_taaseh_lekha (Shemot 20:4): \"I want to be honest with you.\""
-    assert pass.shorashim.verdict == "lo_tov" and pass.shorashim.anchors == %{"lo_taaseh_lekha" => "Shemot 20:4"}
+    assert pass.bikoret.verdict == "lo_tov" and pass.bikoret.anchors == %{"lo_taaseh_lekha" => "Shemot 20:4"}
-    assert pass.shorashim.model == "claude-test"
+    assert pass.bikoret.model == "claude-test"
-    refute Map.has_key?(pass.shorashim, :rebuked)
+    refute Map.has_key?(pass.bikoret, :rebuked)
   end
 
   test "tablet 52: an ungrounded claim's sentence reaches the fringe (the grounding check lists couplings, not sentences)" do
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.GateTest do
     assert pass.bedikah.verdict == :lo_tov
     [%{"text" => text}] = pass.reply["content"]
     assert text =~ "golden_calf (Shemot 32:4): \"Revenue rose 9% to 14M.\""
-    assert Shape.rebuke_text(pass.bedikah, pass.shorashim.anchors) =~ "golden_calf (Shemot 32:4)"
+    assert Shape.rebuke_text(pass.bedikah, pass.bikoret.anchors) =~ "golden_calf (Shemot 32:4)"
   end
 
   test "rebuke once: the second reply is examined, linked to the first, and is the one delivered" do
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.GateTest do
     assert pass.bedikah.sources == pass.first.sources
     [%{"text" => text}] = pass.reply["content"]
     assert String.starts_with?(text, "CLEAN:")
-    assert text =~ "— shorashim #{pass.bedikah.bedikah_ref}: tov (after rebuke of #{pass.first.bedikah_ref}: lo_tov)"
+    assert text =~ "— bikoret #{pass.bedikah.bedikah_ref}: tov (after rebuke of #{pass.first.bedikah_ref}: lo_tov)"
-    assert pass.shorashim.rebuked == %{first_bedikah_ref: pass.first.bedikah_ref, first_verdict: "lo_tov"}
+    assert pass.bikoret.rebuked == %{first_bedikah_ref: pass.first.bedikah_ref, first_verdict: "lo_tov"}
   end
 
   test "rebuke once on a tov first reply makes no second call" do
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.GateTest do
   end
 
   test "an upstream error passes through as it came, unexamined" do
-    assert {:ok, %{status: 401, reply: %{"error" => %{"type" => "authentication_error"}}, shorashim: nil}} =
+    assert {:ok, %{status: 401, reply: %{"error" => %{"type" => "authentication_error"}}, bikoret: nil}} =
              Gate.pass(:anthropic, body(), "sk-bad", opts())
   end
 
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.GateTest do
   # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
   describe "POST /gate/anthropic/v1/messages" do
-    test "refuses without the courtyard key; X-Shorashim-Key opens it too" do
+    test "refuses without the courtyard key; X-Bikoret-Key opens it too" do
       conn = post_gate(body(), courtyard: nil, upstream: "sk-good")
       assert conn.status == 401
-      conn = post_gate(body(), courtyard: {"x-shorashim-key", "test-token"}, upstream: "sk-good")
+      conn = post_gate(body(), courtyard: {"x-bikoret-key", "test-token"}, upstream: "sk-good")
       refute conn.status in [401, 403]
     end
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.GateTest do
       conn = post_gate(body(), upstream: "sk-bad")
       assert conn.status == 401
       assert Jason.decode!(conn.resp_body)["error"]["type"] == "authentication_error"
-      assert get_resp_header(conn, "x-shorashim-verdict") == ["none"]
+      assert get_resp_header(conn, "x-bikoret-verdict") == ["none"]
     end
 
     test "with no Korban Processor in this VM, a 200 from the upstream is not delivered unexamined" do

vav_pipeline/test/l3_bedikah_record_test.exs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.L3.BedikahRecordTest do
   L3 — the record of an examination (Construction §3.9). Append-only, like
   the rest of the oral tradition; holds the hash of the output and what
   was found, never the output. Needs PostgreSQL:
-  `SHORASHIM_L3=1 mix test --include l3`.
+  `BIKORET_L3=1 mix test --include l3`.
   """
 
   use ExUnit.Case, async: true

vav_pipeline/test/test_helper.exs

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # L3 tests require PostgreSQL — excluded by default
-# Run with: SHORASHIM_L3=1 mix test --include l3
+# Run with: BIKORET_L3=1 mix test --include l3
 ExUnit.start(exclude: [:l3])
 
 # The manna ledger resumes a day it finds on disk (ledger.json). A run
 # that was interrupted could leave one behind; no test should inherit it.
 if Process.whereis(VavPipeline.MannaLedger), do: VavPipeline.MannaLedger.reset()
 
-if System.get_env("SHORASHIM_L3") do
+if System.get_env("BIKORET_L3") do
-  # The application already starts the Repo when SHORASHIM_L3 is set
+  # The application already starts the Repo when BIKORET_L3 is set
   # (Application.maybe_add_repo); starting it again here was a MatchError
   # on {:error, {:already_started, _}} and no L3 test could run.
   case VavPipeline.Repo.start_link() do