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<category>Distancing from Idolatry | <category>Distancing from Idolatry | ||
| − | <p>The prohibition to eat of the fruit of a tree in its first three years is | + | <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> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<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> |
| + | <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> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
| − | <category>Recognition of Hashem | + | <category>Spiritual Benefits |
| − | </ | + | <opinion>Recognition of Hashem |
| − | < | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23-25</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="ChizkuniVayikra19-23" data-aht="source">Chizkuni</a><a href="ChizkuniVayikra19-23" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23</a><a href="R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach (Chizkuni)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach</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> #1, <multilink><a href="RalbagVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23-25</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23-25</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></mekorot> |
| + | </opinion> | ||
| + | <opinion>Self-Control | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RSRHirschVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">R. S.R. Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23-25</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch</a></multilink>, ?<multilink><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannVayikra19-23-25" data-aht="source">Vayikra 19:23-25</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
| + | </opinion> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
</approaches> | </approaches> | ||
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Version as of 22:46, 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.
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,
