The severity of denying the community positive influences
“Any man from Bnei Yisrael who slaughters an ox, lamb, or goat… outside the camp and does not bring it… as a korban to Hashem in the Mishkan… it should be considered for that man as if he shed blood and he should be cut off from among his people.” (Vayikra 17:3-4)
The Midrash states that this transgression of shechutai chutz — slaughtering an animal outside the Mishkan — is akin to murder.
How could this act, however insulting it might be to Hashem, be equal in severity to taking a human life?
Furthermore, Targum Yonasan explains that this transgression is as if he had shed the blood of a tzaddik — even worse than ordinary murder.
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