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LEVITICUS | 18:5 live — LEV220 Rava said (Exodus 20:5): "You shall not bo...

LEV220 Rava said (Exodus 20:5): "You shall not bow down to them, and you shall not serve them" -- All types of worship [voluntary and involuntary] were herein subsumed; and when the Torah specified: "and he shall live in them," but not die through them, involuntary worship [on pain of death] was excluded [from the command not to bow down, etc.]. But then it was written (Leviticus 22:32): "And do not desecrate My holy Name"-- even involuntarily! How is this to be understood? Here, in private; here, in public (i.e., in private, he does not incur the death penalty for not sanctifying the Name by giving his life; in public (i.e., where there are ten Jews looking on), he does incur the death penalty] (Avodah Zarah 54a)

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Source KeyTEMIMAH-LEV
Verse18:5
Keyword(s)live
Source Page(s)301-2
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