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Why does the Torah discuss the burning of the entire land?

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Yerushalmi Kil'ayim, 9:3: To teach us that when Eretz Yisrael burns, it serves as a Kaparah for the biggest Resh'im 1 - even those of the caliber of Yerav'am ben N'vat and is henchmen. 2

1

Perhaps the Yerushalmi learns it from the word "Kol Artzah"?

2

See Torah Temimah, note 18.

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