Shaliach: The Responsibility of the Messenger
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Looking at the legal definition of a 'shaliach' - an agent or messenger, we get a couple of principles which seem to extend much further, to the idea of what it is to be human at all.   * You can find the sourcesheet with all the texts here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/336734?editor=1​ * A project of 58th Century Judaisms: https://www.58thcentury.world/ Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebjosh)
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