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and it was in the time that the judges judged and there was a famine in the land, ect,
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and Elimelech died
and Chazal expound,
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he died because of the sin that he left the Land of Isreal.
It says, woe to the authority that buries its possessor, therefore it says ???? ???? ???????, in which they judged there judges, and there was no authority at all,or scorn or complaint, if so why did Elimelech die for the sin mentioned above?
An answer could be, it says in Yerushalmi Bikurrim (83,3,) once a person is appointed as administrator of a congregation, they forgive all his sins, because the formula for a person to lead a congregation, as it says in Psalms 12, ???? ????? ??????? ??? ??? ???? ??? ‘the wicked walk on every side, when the basest of men are elevated’.
It is known when a person speaks bad about his fellow, all the subjects sins are given to the speaker,it is then apparent that all his sins are forgiven, and this is ???? ????? ???????, because they all become wicked people, because they speak badly about the administrator.
It is from Hashem this ????, the severity of not honoring a judge in which the Divine Presence dwells (See Berochos 6A).
According to the sins of a person so to is the barrier between someone who is hidden from the truth, therefore all there sins are forgiven, because every pure hearted person will do judgement, and this is from the Possuk 82, ????? ??? ???? ?? because the ???? (congregation) argue with the judge, from the word ??? which means to quarrel (See Rashi, Exodus, 90, 80).
It continues this Possuk ???? ????? ????, the judgement is from Hashem Above.
The passage concludes ??? ????? ????? ??? ???? ????? ????. He won’t die because of the act of his sin, rather because a person is destined to die, from the counsel of the Primordial Snake, from the sin of Adom Harishon.Not because he lied at the outset like one of the leaders that don’t rebuke there congregation regarding matters of Heaven, due to the leader becoming to proud.
In conclusion as we clarified ???? ??????? (the judges judged the judges), and Elimelech was not a bad judge.
The real reason he died was because he left the Land of Israel and went abroad.