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Thursday, November 09, 2006

Brother's Keeper?

Researching on the concept of Deuteronomy 25:11-12 and the incident with the woman trying to stop the fight and getting punished… I came across the blog of Rabbi Brad Artson (mentioned by R. Marder).

R. Artson’s Blog on Torah
(You need to scroll past the ‘Hebrew’ and read some of the English – it is good stuff.)

The ‘gem’ from this week’s discussion was the question “Am I my brother’s keeper?” and the response that the rest of the Torah says “Yes!”

AND Rashi’s interpretations that show his concern about the escalation of verbal arguments into violence. This reflects on the state of conflict in the world today and through history where disagreements turn into wars. Do we stand by and watch conflict or do we act to try to intervene to try to help the situation. The key is to find out how to act in an effective way.

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