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Sanhedrin 063: Achaz and Molech
David Goldman asks:
Hello. I cannot understand the intention of this first king of Yehuda (or
Yisroel altogether) to attempt to put his son through Molech. Achaz was the
son of a great tsaddik, so where would he get the idea of doing a new
thing, a new aveyra, that no Jew had done before? Furthermore, had his son
been covered by salamander oil, wouldn't Achaz have noticed it, especially
since the goyim did not actually burn their children in the fire anyway??
Thanks.
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The Kollel replies:
1) Melachim II 16:3 tells us that Achaz went in the way of the kings of
Yisrael. The verse adds that he also passed his son through fire like the
abonimations of the Nochrim. This implies that the bad influence started
from the kings of Yisrael but then Achaz declined even further and followed
the Nochrim who burnt their children.
2) Rashi (Sanhedrin 64b, DH Shraga) writes that what Achaz did was not
actually the worship of the Molech (where the children were not actually
killed by the fire) but was in fact the way of the Sepharvites, who burnt
their children in the fire (see Melachim II 17:31).
3) It is probable that Chizkiyah's mother smeared her son in salamander oil
in such a way that the oil was absorbed inside the skin and was not
noticeable on the outside.
Kol Tuv,
Dovid Bloom
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