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Rashbam on Leviticus Chapter 20

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דמיו בו - דמיו בראשו, הוא חייב עצמו מיתה.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

דמיו בו, his blood is on his own head. He made himself guilty of the death penalty.

את אשת רעהו - ולא עובד כוכבים.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

את אשת רעהו, excluding if he slept with a “wife” who was a gentile. The adulterer would then not face the death penalty.

חסד הוא - כמו: פן יחסדך שומע. וכן: וחסד לאומים חטאת קלון לאומים ע"י חטאת. וכן תרגום יוסף: וחיסוד דעמא חטאוהי.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

חסד הוא, the word חסד here is to be understood in the same sense as the same word in Proverbs 25,10 פן יחסדך שומע, “lest the one who hears it puts you to shame.” We also find the word having such a meaning in Proverbs 14,34 וחסד לאומים חטאת, “even the kindness of nations is a form of sin.” This is also the way Rav Yoseph translates this word in his commentary on Proverbs.

ערירים ימותו - לא יניחוהו מהשמים להחיות להוליד בנים.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

ערירים ימותו , Heaven will interfere with such couples’ ability to conceive and to give birth to viable children.

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