Rebbi says — For everything from "You shall not take the

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Bachodesh 7:5

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 3, 2025

Rebbi says: For everything from "You shall not take the name" and down, penitence does atone. From "You shall not take the name" and up, including "You shall not take the name," penitence suspends and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) atones. And which is from "You shall not take the name" and down? A positive commandment and a negative commandment, aside from "You shall not take the name." (Which is) from "You shall not take the name" and up? Transgressions punishable by judicial death penalty, death at the hands of Heaven, kareth, forty lashes, sin-offerings and guilt-offerings, and "You shall not take the name" among them.

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Torah Death Commandments Atonement Adam & Eve

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