Barash Vow

The Barash Vow, or Barash for short, was an oath taken by Jedi who completely refrained from all activities related to the Jedi Order as a form of penitence, disengaging from anything but the Force itself and committing themselves to gain ultimate communion with it. Jedi Master Barash Silvain originated the practice, and the vow was named after her. Although most Jedi who swore the vow did so as a method of atonement, some did it in order to re-focus themselves on the Force.

Following the creation of the practice, many more Jedi took the vow over the years. In 232 BBY, the Jedi Knight Dez Rydan took the vow to re-focus himself on the Force after a traumatic experience with the dark side-steeped Drengir. After an incident on Brendok around 148 BBY, Jedi Master Torbin took the vow and remained in a meditative state for many years. In the late Republic Era, the Jedi Master Kirak Infil'a had taken the vow and survived Order 66 due to his adherence to the practice. During the years of his exile on Tatooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi took and kept the ways of the vow.

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