Acharei Mos/Kedoshim Essays

[Reuven Chaim Klein]

I hereby present to you some of What's in a Word? essays that are related to Parshiyos Acharei Mos and Kedoshim:

• Confronting Death - About מיתה and פטירה (and mushroom).
• Say Uncle - About דוד, אחבוהי, חביב, and מסרף.
• The Watchers and Guardians - About שמירה, נקמה, and נטירה.
• Burke and Rebuke - About תוכחה and מוסר.

One of the things that comes up in both Parshiyos in the prohibition of passing one's child to the Molech, so here are two things I wrote on that - one in English and one in Hebrew.

• "Molech." from my book: G-d versus gods: Judaism in the Age of Idolatry. 
• “בענין המעביר מכל זרעו למולך", קובץ המאור גליון תע"ד (כסלו תשע"ז)
• And on the topic of marrying your uncle: “Avunculate Marriage in the Bible,” Seforim Blog (Oct. 25, 2015).

Gut Shabbos,

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

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