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Parsha Halacha — Kedoshim 5784

Выпуск: Parsha Halacha — Kedoshim 5784. Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. The fourth year, when we eat the fruit in a manner that “praises G-d” alludes to the original Shabbat when we were supposed to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in a manner that would praise Him.13 The verse alludes to these three hours by repeating the word orlah three times ( ‫וַעֲרַ לְ תֶּ ם‬ ‫)עׇ ְרלָתֹו אֶּ ת פִּ ְריֹו שָ ֹלש שָ נִּ ים יִּהְ יֶּה לָ כֶּ ם עֲרֵ לִּ ים ל ֹא יֵאָ כֵל‬. In addition, in reference to orlah, the Torah describes the tree as an etz ma’achal (‫) ּונְ טַ עְ תֶּ ם כׇל עֵ ץ מַ אֲ כָל‬, an expression that the Torah uses regarding the Tree of Knowledge (‫)וַתֵ ֶּרא ָהָֽ אִּ שָ ה כִּ י טֹוב הָ עֵ ץ לְ מַ אֲ כָל‬.14 12 See Ohr HaChaim on Gen. Morton Borg in loving memory of Stephen's father, Shmuel Tzvi ben Pinchas, and Bella's and Morton's parents, Avraham ben Yitzchak and Leah bas HaRav Sholom Zev HaCohen To sponsor or subscribe, please email rabbicitron@hotmail.com Two of the 51 mitzvot in the Torah portion of Kedoshim1 are that one may not eat or receive benefit from the fruit grown in the first three years after a tree is planted and that the fruit of the fourth year must be eaten in Jerusalem.2 The fruit of the first three years are called orlah, which normally means “a foreskin” or “a covering,” while the fruit of the fourth year are called Neta Reva’i (plantings of the fourth year). Although the mitzvah of Orlah seems like one that is beyond comprehension (this type of mitzvah is called a chok), the commentaries offer several explanations as to the meaning of “orlah” in our context: Meaning of Orlah ● Covered Rashi says it means that we should consider the fruit to be covered up (like a foreskin that covers over the male organ) and forbidden to us. Similarly, the Ibn Ezra translates it as “consider it useless (like a foreskin).” ● Cut it Away The Targum Yonatan translates it as “cut it away (as one does to a foreskin).” Although the Torah doesn’t give any explicit reason for this mitzvah, the commentaries suggest several reasons.3 Here are ten of them: 1) Health Reasons The Ibn Ezra writes that the fruit of the first three years are of no ben

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Parsha Halacha

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10 мая 2024 г.

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Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary