Commentary for Shabbat 65:6

ובעבודת כוכבים כתיב (ויקרא כו, ל) ונתתי את פגריכם וגו' וכתיב והשמותי את מקדשיכם וגו' ואתכם אזרה בגוים

from a false oath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' just as this is punished by the sending of wild beasts, etc. (Lev. XXVI, 22), so are the others. ');">²⁰</span> Through the crime of bloodshed the Temple was destroyed and the <i>Shechinah</i> departed from Israel, as it is written, So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land … And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell.-21 hence, if ye do defile it, ye will not inhabit it and I will not dwell in its midst.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It may be remarked that the destruction of the Temple is regarded here as synonymous with exile from the country. ');">²²</span> As a punishment for incest,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which includes adultery. ');">²³</span> idolatry, and non-observance of the years of release and jubilee<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. XXV, 1ff. ');">²⁴</span>

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