A warning not to destroy (a fruit tree or any valuable thing)

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A warning not to destroy (a fruit tree or any valuable thing)

A warning not to destroy (a fruit tree or any valuable thing)

Figuratively: a prohibition against destroying or discarding things that have utility (its original source is in the Torah, e.g., Leviticus 19:27: “Do not cut the edges of your hair, and do not destroy the edges of your beard”).

("An androgynous being has ways equal to men and ways equal to women… How is it equal to women? It becomes impure with the red [sexual impurity] like women and does not unite with men like women, and does not transgress ‘do not strike’ nor ‘do not destroy’" – Bikkurim, Chapter 4, 1–3; and likewise: "Whoever destroys a thing that has benefit transgresses ‘do not destroy’" – Midrash Aggadah, Judges)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּל תַּשְׁחִית

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אִסּוּר לְהַשְׁחִית אוֹ לְהַשְׁלִיךְ דְּבָרִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם תּוֹעֶלֶת (מְקוֹרוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנִי שֶׁל הַבִּטּוּי בַּתּוֹרָה כְּמוֹ בְּוַיִּקְרָא יט כז: "לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם וְלֹא תַשְׁחִית אֵת פְּאַת זְקָנֶךָ").

("אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס יֵשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה לַאֲנָשִׁים וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ דְּרָכִים שָׁוֶה לַנָּשִׁים... כֵּיצַד שָׁוֶה לְנָשִׁים? מְטַמֵּא בְּאֹדֶם כַּנָּשִׁים וְאֵינוֹ מִתְיַחֵד עִם הָאֲנָשִׁים כַּנָּשִׁים וְאֵינוֹ עוֹבֵר עַל בַּל תַּקִּיף וְלֹא עַל בַּל תַּשְׁחִית"-בִּכּוּרִים פֶּרֶק ד אַ-ג, וְכֵן: "כָּל הַמַּשְׁחִית דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ עָלָיו הֲנָאָה עוֹבֵר ב"לֹא תַּשְׁחִית"- מִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה, שׁוֹפְטִים)

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