בַּל תַּשְׁחִית

ביטוי (אנגלית)

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

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)