{"id":11493,"date":"2025-12-10T21:39:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11493"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:39:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:39:44","slug":"you-shall-not-bow-down-to-them","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/you-shall-not-bow-down-to-them\/","title":{"rendered":"You Shall Not Bow Down to Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>434) \u201cAnd see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire for her and would take her as a wife for yourself.\u201d What is the reason that the Torah permitted, for it is written, \u201cYou shall not intermarry with them.\u201d However, \u201cYou shall not intermarry\u201d while she stands in their domain. But here, when she has been taken captive and has come into the domain of Israel, the Torah permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>435) There is not a fit woman among the idol-worshipping nations, as it should be. Why was this portion placed next to the portion of a stubborn and rebellious son? Indeed, one who marries this woman inherits from her a stubborn and rebellious son, for it is hard to remove the filth from her, especially if she was once married to an idol-worshipping man, for the judgment clung to the judgment and she was defiled. Then it is hard to remove the filth from her. This is what he said about the women of Midian, \u201cKill every woman who has laid with a man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>436) Happy is that man who inherits this inheritance of the token of the holy covenant and keeps it, for with this holy inheritance, a man clings to the Creator. 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