The difference between the Torah and previous law codes is that the previous law codes were totally secular. The Torah states that even “secular” or ethical laws are from God.
Tag: courts
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We Need to be a God-Fearing Society
פרשת בחוקותי – כ”ה באייר תשפ”ב – מ’ בעומר
When a Jewish court was required to hand down a death sentence they would go out to the country and bemoan that breakdown in society. The idea that the crime did not happen in a vacuum. It happened because there is something wrong in society in general.
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Justice Through the Courts
פרשת אמור / י’ באייר תשפ”ב – כ”ו בעומר
When the Torah states “an eye for an eye” it does not mean that guilty should lose an eye but the value of an eye. And all this is to be done through the courts. The Torah does not condone unlawful behavior no matter how justified.