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<point><b>Connection to נטע רבעי</b></point>
 
<point><b>Connection to נטע רבעי</b></point>
 
<point><b>Context</b></point>
 
<point><b>Context</b></point>
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<point><b>Biblical Parallels</b></point>
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<point><b>The blessing: "לְהוֹסִיף לָכֶם תְּבוּאָתוֹ"</b></point>
 
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<category>Health Benefits
 
<category>Health Benefits
 
<p>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.</p>
 
<p>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.</p>
 
<mekorot><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> #2, Sefer HaChinkuh,</mekorot>
 
<mekorot><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> #2, Sefer HaChinkuh,</mekorot>
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<point><b>Meaning of "ערלה"</b></point>
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<point><b>Connection to נטע רבעי</b></point>
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<point><b>Context of holiness</b></point>
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<point><b>Biblical parallels</b></point>
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<point><b>Can laws be utilitarian in nature?</b></point>
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<point><b>The blessing: "לְהוֹסִיף לָכֶם תְּבוּאָתוֹ"</b></point>
 
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<category>Spiritual Benefits
 
<category>Spiritual Benefits

Version as of 23:52, 7 January 2019

Purpose of Orlah

Exegetical Approaches

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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
Biblical Parallels
The blessing: "לְהוֹסִיף לָכֶם תְּבוּאָתוֹ"

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.

Meaning of "ערלה"
Connection to נטע רבעי
Context of holiness
Biblical parallels
Can laws be utilitarian in nature?
The blessing: "לְהוֹסִיף לָכֶם תְּבוּאָתוֹ"

Spiritual Benefits