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<p>The prohibition to eat of the fruit of a tree in its first three years is meant to keep the nation from imitating idolatrous practices.</p> | <p>The prohibition to eat of the fruit of a tree in its first three years is meant to keep the nation from imitating idolatrous practices.</p> | ||
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim337" data-aht="source">Rambam Moreh Nevukhim</a><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim337" data-aht="source">3 37</a><a href="Rambam Moreh Nevukhim" data-aht="parshan">About Rambam Moreh Nevukhim</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23-25</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink> #3, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelVayikra19-23" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelVayikra19-23" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></mekorot> | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim337" data-aht="source">Rambam Moreh Nevukhim</a><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim337" data-aht="source">3 37</a><a href="Rambam Moreh Nevukhim" data-aht="parshan">About Rambam Moreh Nevukhim</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23-25</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink> #3, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelVayikra19-23" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelVayikra19-23" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
| + | <point><b>Idolator's customs</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Meaning of "ערלה"</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Connection to נטע רבעי</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Context</b></point> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Health Benefits | <category>Health Benefits | ||
Version as of 23:49, 7 January 2019
Purpose of Orlah
Exegetical Approaches
Distancing from Idolatry
The prohibition to eat of the fruit of a tree in its first three years is meant to keep the nation from imitating idolatrous practices.
Idolator's customs
Meaning of "ערלה"
Connection to נטע רבעי
Context
Health Benefits
The law is intended to preserve the health of the Children of Israel. ass the fruit that a tree bears in its first three years is harmful and detrimental to one's health, Hashem prohibited its consumption.
Sources:Ramban #2, Sefer HaChinkuh,
