“Do not take a ransom . . . And you will not pollute the land . . . rather you shall execute him.”(35:33,34) The Sifri sees in the words “lo sachnifu” es ha’aretz, a prohibition against flattery, for the word “chanifa” means “flattery”. The Ramban attempts to show the connection between flattery and the prohibition […]
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