Incest/ illicit sexual intercourse

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Incest/ illicit sexual intercourse

Incest/ illicit sexual intercourse

The existence of forbidden sexual relations or between people of familial closeness.

("An evil beast came into the world because of a false oath and because of profaning the Name. Exile came into the world because of idolaters and because of incest and because of bloodshed and because of the land’s forfeiture" - Avot 9, and also: "Incest, where the licentious men and licentiousness slip there on the ice and they trample each other with embraces and kisses" - Agnon / City and Its Fullness, 381)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גִּלּוּי עֲרָיוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

קִיּוּם יַחֲסֵי מִין אֲסוּרִים אוֹ בֵּין אֲנָשִׁים בַּעֲלֵי קִרְבָה מִשְׁפַּחְתִּית.

("חַיָּה רָעָה בָּאָה לָעוֹלָם עַל שְׁבוּעַת שָׁוְא וְעַל חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם. גָּלוּת בָּא לָעוֹלָם עַל עוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וְעַל גִּלּוּי עֲרָיוֹת וְעַל שְׁפִיכַת דָּמִים וְעַל הַשְׁמָטַת הָאָרֶץ"- אָבוֹת ה ט, וְכֵן:"גִּלּוּי עֲרָיוֹת,שֶׁהָיוּ הַפָּרִיצִים וְהַפְּרִיצוּת מַחֲלִיקִים שָׂם עַל הַקֶּרַח וְהָיוּ מְגַפְּפִים זֶה אֶת זֶה בְּחִבּוּק וְנִשּׁוּק"-עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 381)

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