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What is "Gam" coming to include?
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Rashi: It includes someone who passes his father or his mother through the fires of Gey-ben-Hinom. 1 2
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Rashi: R. Akiva actually saw a Nochri tie-up his father and throw him to his dog to eat. Regarding "Gam es Beneihem ve'es Benoseihem Yir'fu ba'Eish", Targum Yonasan explains that they would tie-up them up before burning them in fire.
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R. Bachye: And there is nothing more abhorrent in the Eyes of Hakadosh-Baruch-Hu than taking hunan-being - let alone one's own parents - on whose behalf the world was created, and bringing himup as a sacrifice to one's gods.
