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Rashbam on Leviticus Chapter 24

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ויקחו אליך שמן זית זך - פרשה זו נשנית, לפי שהמנורה נוכח השלחן להאיר אל השלחן שעליו לחם הפנים שמפורש כאן, שכל זה מתיקון השלחן והמנורה. השמן להאיר, והפת לערוך.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

ויקחו אליך שמן זית זך, this paragraph has been repeated seeing that the Torah here deals with the lamp stand, מנורה, which is located opposite the table in the Sanctuary on which the show breads are placed every week. All that is mentioned here refers to the ritual involving the table and its paraphernalia, i.e. the oil for lighting and the bread

ויקב - הזכיר את השם ואח"כ בירכו.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

ויקוב, he mentioned the holy name of G’d before cursing same.

איש איש כי יקלל אלהיו - סתם בכינוי בלא פירוש שם המובהק. ומפרש השם המובהק יתברך שמו. ואחר כך מקללו.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

איש איש כי יקלל אלוקיו, this refers to someone cursing G’d by using one of the names which describe His attributes, כנויים, without uttering the tetragram that is forbidden to be uttered except by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement in the sanctuary. The individual in question who curses the attribute he had referred to after mentioning it will be dealt with by G’d, ונשא עונו., If, however he uttered the name of G’d’s essence, and had been warned not to, and curses that name, he will be executed, (as happened in the incident described in our chapter).

מות יומת - לפי פשוטו יש לפרש כן.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

HE SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH. This is to be explained in this manner, according to its plain sense.

ומכה נפש בהמה - ממיתה לגמרי.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

מכה נפש בהמה, so that the animal dies.

ומכה בהמה ישלמנה - חובל, אעפ"י שאינו ממיתה לגמרי.

Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

ומכה בהמה ישלמנה, if someone injures someone else’s animal he must pay compensation to its owner, even if the animal does not die as a result to that injury.

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