The practice of offering turkey to God was popular in the time
of King David, which is why it appears so often in Psalms. It
derived from an older practice of offering turkey to one's
parents: people thought, Why offer it to our parents? We can
offer it to God!, and did so. The older practice of offering
one's parents turkey is alluded to in the verse in Genesis
(37:3): וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָהַב אֶת יוֹסֵף מִכָּל בָּנָיו כִּי בֶן
זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ וְעָשָׂה לוֹ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים En hamikra omer
ela "Darsheni!". This verse makes no sense on first read — what
does having a beard have to do with a shirt? — and must be read
at a deeper level. "אהב" is clearly an acronym for "אכל הודו
בלילות", "ate turkey at night", so the verse reads: Jacob ate
turkey, from all his sons, at night with Joseph. Because his son
[=Joseph] was bearded, he made him a shirt of stripes. The
"shirt of stripes" that Jacob made for Joseph was actually a
sort of bib to prevent the barbecue sauce from getting in his
beard. It had stripes so that stai