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Elimelech (biblical figure)

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From the story of Elimelech, Chazal derived the severity of emigrating from Eretz Yisrael. As they say: Why were Elimelch Machalon and Chilyon punished? For they exited the Land of Israel and entered the Diaspora... for even merit from his ancestry does not stand for individuals who leave Eretz
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When the Book of Ruth recalls his death it states: "Elimelech the husband of Na'ami died". From this Chazal derived that the main consequence of a man's death is to his wife.
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His children, Machalon and Chilyon, married two Moabite women,
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Elimelech
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Book of Ruth
Tribe of Judah
Naomi
Machalon and Chilyon
Bethlehem
Judea
Moab
Ruth
Arpah
Boaz
Nachshon Ben Aminadav
Chazal


Bava Basra
Yalkut Shimoni
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Book of Ruth
Bethlehem
Judah
Moab
Amminadab
Boaz

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