Ir Miklat (City of Refuge): Difference between revisions
Created page with "'''Ir Miklat''' is a city to which, according to the Torah, a person who killed another person accidentally must flee. The stay in the city serves two purposes: protecting the killer from revenge by the blood redeemer (goel hadam), and punishment for killing a person due to carelessness. For the second reason, fleeing to a city of refuge is an obligation, even when there is no threat to the killer. According to the poskim and those who count the mitzvos, establishing cit..." |
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* '''Why does the Torah command to add cities of refuge in the redemption?''', Lecture by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Chadad | * '''Why does the Torah command to add cities of refuge in the redemption?''', Lecture by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Chadad | ||
* '''Cities of Refuge in the Future Era''', HaTamim Issue 55, p. 32 | * '''Cities of Refuge in the Future Era''', HaTamim Issue 55, p. 32 | ||
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