Love Is Not Judgment
You can stop telling yourself that you’re only worthy of love if you are perfect and if you please other people.
Read MoreReading Right
Learning Jewish law is a process. Read carefully and correctly so as not to be hasty in judging others.
Read MoreUnanimous Verdict
What is the Torah’s position on the contentious issue of the death penalty?
Read MoreTwenty-Three Judges
“A judge who judges with absolute truthfulness,” say our sages, “becomes like a partner with G-d in creation.”
Read MoreCrime and Punishment
The Sanhedrin must decide the willfulness of the criminal’s deed based on the evidence presented before them, not their knowledge of the essence of humanity.
Read MoreThe Mirror
If he senses his fellow’s degradation, he must conclude that Divine providence has provided him with a mirror with which to discern his own shortcomings.
Read MoreWide Angle Lens
Ethics of Our Fathers teaches: If we view the whole person rather than focus on the parts that are wanting, we will surely find much that is meritorious.
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