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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> | ||
| + | <point><b>Biblical Parallels</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>The blessing: "לְהוֹסִיף לָכֶם תְּבוּאָתוֹ"</b></point> | ||
</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> | <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> | ||
| + | <point><b>Meaning of "ערלה"</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Connection to נטע רבעי</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Context of holiness</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Biblical parallels</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Can laws be utilitarian in nature?</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>The blessing: "לְהוֹסִיף לָכֶם תְּבוּאָתוֹ"</b></point> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Spiritual Benefits | <category>Spiritual Benefits | ||
Version as of 22:52, 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
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.
Sources:Ramban #2, Sefer HaChinkuh,
Meaning of "ערלה"
Connection to נטע רבעי
Context of holiness
Biblical parallels
Can laws be utilitarian in nature?
The blessing: "לְהוֹסִיף לָכֶם תְּבוּאָתוֹ"
