1)

What is the difference between "Bamos" and "Chamanim"?

1.

Rashi: 'Bamos' are towers and castles, and 'Chamanim', a kind of idol that they placed on their rooftops facing the sun. 1

2.

R. Bachye: ?Bamos? are the altars on which the ?Chamanim? ? idols made in the name of Mazal Chamah. 2

3.

Rashbam, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: 'Bamos' refers to the altars that they built (to sacrifice to their gods and 'Chamanim', to diviners and sorcerers - Targum Yonasan).

1

Chizkuni: It is based on the word 'Chamah', and the 'Nun' is superfluous. Presumably, it was a form of sun-god.

2

R. Bachye: And when the Bamos are destroyed, the Chamanim fall and break.

2)

What did Hashem mean when He said "Venasati es Pigreichem al Pigrei Giluleichem"?

1.

Rashi and Seforno: It refers to a time 1 when, bloated with hunger, they took their gods from their bosoms and kissed them, at which point their stomachs split open and they fell on them (their gods). 2

2.

Rashbam: It means that they will be killed whilst they are in the houses that house their Bamos (sacrificing to their gods).

3.

Shabbos 33a: The sin of Avodah Zarah brings Galus ? they will go into exile and others will come and live in their land. 3

1

Seforno: As the Gemara in Sanhedrin, 63b relates regarding Eliyahu and a child that he found dying of hunger.

2

This might also be what Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan are referring to.

3

See Torah Temimah note 37.

3)

What are the connotations of "Vega'alah Nafshi eschem"?

1.

Rashi: It refers to the withdrawal of the Shechinah.

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