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Shiluach haken
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish law derived from the torah that enjoins one to send away the mother bird before taking her young or her”. Today it says “one of the 613 commandments in judaism that enjoins one to scare away a mother bird before taking her young or”.
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Shiluach haken ( Hebrew : שילוח הקן , "sending-away the nest") is the Jewish law derived from the Torah that enjoins one to scare away the mother bird before taking her young or her eggs. This only applies to Kosher birds in the wild. The Torah promises longevity to someone who performs this commandment.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish law derived from the torah that enjoins one to send away the mother bird before taking her young or her”. Today it says “one of the 613 commandments in judaism that enjoins one to scare away a mother bird before taking her young or”. Read the current article and compare.
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jewish law derived from the torah that enjoins one to send away the mother bird before taking her young or her
Now
one of the 613 commandments in judaism that enjoins one to scare away a mother bird before taking her young or
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