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…shall be put to death only for their own sin. Deut. 24:16 The book of Kings records a historic event when this principle proved decisive. When Amaziah was well-established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father. However, he did not kill the children of the assassins, for he obeyed the command of the Lord as written…
…couch and defiled it.” (Gen. 49:4). This is stated explicitly in the book of Chronicles which says that “Reuben … was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel.” (1 Chron.5:1). It is not impossible, though, that there is a different kind of explanation…
…social ecology 80 and teachers 185–6 Judeans 184–5 judgement 37, 38, 41, 42 judges 43 Judische-Wissenschaft 231 justice 43, 157 juvenile crime 31, 32 K Kafka, Franz 188 Kallen, Horace 118–19 Karelitz, Rabbi Avraham 219 karet 166 Kiddush 135 kings 111, 156 Kings, book of 8: 41–3 116 9: 9–10 229 19: 9–12 225 19: 13–14 229 Ki Tavo 88…
…prohibited to kill an animal with its young on the same day, in order that people should be restrained and prevented from killing the two together in such a manner that the young is killed in the sight of the mother, for the pain of the animals under such circumstances is very great. There is no difference in this case…
…they tended to succeed to their father’s position. That was the case in Israel in relation to kingship and priesthood.[1] They did not inherit all the father’s property, but they did inherit twice as much as the other children. It was important to have rules like the above to avoid damaging family splits every time a death occurred or was…
This week’s sedra provides us with a fine example of the humanity of Jewish law – as well as the way the Sages interpreted the Torah. Our point of departure is this passage: When men have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty. If…
The law of the stubborn and rebellious son is one that generated considerable debate among the Sages. What was its logic? How was it to be applied? Was it, in fact, ever applied? What does it teach us about the nature of justice, human and Divine? Here is the law as it appears in this week’s sedra: If a man…