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What is the difference between the following words referring to commandments?
What is the difference between the following words?
Commandments
Law
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Deut 26:16 - 19 reads
16: This day, the Lord, ...
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"דָּם נָקִי" vs. "דַּם־נָקִי"
Parashas Shof'tim, 19:10:
וְלֹא יִשָּׁפֵךְ דָּם נָקִי בְּקֶרֶב אַרְצְךָ
And 21:8:
וְאַל־תִּתֵּן דָּם נָקִי בְּקֶרֶב עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל
And then Ki Savo 27:25:
לְהַכּוֹת נֶפֶשׁ דָּם נָקִי
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On Deuteronomy 28:23, Rashi says copper is "mazi'a". What does this mean?
I have this question on Rashi every year in Ki Savo. Deuteronomy 28:23 says: "And the heavens above your head will be like copper and the earth that is beneath you, iron."
Rashi says that the heavens ...
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