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#192: What If A Mitzvah Sounds Horrible?

Rabbenu Baḥya on Parashat Mishpatim, Shemot/Exodus 22:17

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Gimme Some Torah #192

Shemot/Exodus 22:17

מְכַשֵּׁפָ֖ה לֹ֥א תְחַיֶּֽה׃

You shall not let a sorceress live.

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Our biblical ancestors took the sin of sorcery very seriously, and the Torah declares it to be a capital offense. In fact, the Torah makes sorcery an unusual death penalty case by making it a negative commandment. T…

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