Parashas Mishpatim · EXTRA (side-ring) · Passuk 23:24
Sefaria — Or HaChaim on Mishpatim 23:24
English: לא תשתחוה לאלוהיהם , "Do not bow down to their deities, etc." Why did the Torah have to record this prohibition once more when it has already been recorded several times? Seeing that the Torah just forbade even mentioning the name of these deities why was there any need to state once more that one must not bow down to them? Nachmanides writes that the more serious a sin the more frequently the Torah warns us not to commit it. This is not very satisfactory in light of the fact that Nachmanides has himself equated the sin of idol worship as equivalent to a violation of all the commandments of the Torah both with respect to the punishment due, and for the reward due for rejecting such idol wors
Commentary (Rishon) on a TT-silent passuk — EXTRA side-ring only.
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