When does Justice Begin?
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A Torah exploration. Were the basics laws of justice given at Sinai, or after the crossing of the sea, or during slavery in Egypt, or to Noah, or to Adam, or even before creation itself? I'll tell you why I think it matters. The last two years have severely weakened the authority of law for many people. The constantly changing regulations, uncertainty, protests and cynicism has brought us to treat the question "What's the law today?" as normal. And although we are usually referring to Covid-related restrictions of gathering and movement, the effect is to bring law itself into question. Just reading the newspaper raises other questions of the connections between law and justice. In that light, I explored Jewish sources on where law begins, and how particular or universal it is.  You can find the sources I use here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/378908?lang=bi * Welcome to find more torah-related podcasts here, or on my website 58thcentury.world * Find micro-sermons on my blog 120torah.wordpress.com * Listen to a weekly Torah thought in slow simple Hebrew at www.buzzsprout.com/1882545 Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebjosh)
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