Issue Spotting is an essential legal skill. The Torah Portion Vayeitzei provides a target rich environment to employ it to address Decalogue and Decalogue-adjacent issues. The Portion offers an opportunity to unleash one’s inner barrister! For those wanting to taste the legal profession or a Bar Exam, this Post invites you into an attorney’s mindset.Continue reading “Issue Spotting: Vayeitzei’s Ten Commandments’ Moment”
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Acharei-Mot Kidushim: Of Holiness
While the Torah Portion Acharei-Mot Kidushim contains large parts of the Ten Commandments, it differs from the Ten Commandments. Leviticus 19:2 commands that “You shall be holy, because I, the Lord, your God, am holy.” In contrast, the Decalogue’s first mention of holiness pertains to the Sabbath. In making this assertion, the Tetragrammaton, the fourContinue reading “Acharei-Mot Kidushim: Of Holiness”
Welcome to The Inner Circle? Tzav
For Kohens-Priestly descendants- the Torah Portion Tzav may be riveting. For commoners, Tzav, a section full of priestly sacrificial instructions and intricacies, is less so. Many find it a painful read. For millennia, the Book of Leviticus- which includes Tzav- has exposed outsiders to the Israelite cult’s affairs. Tzav even takes readers to the innerContinue reading “Welcome to The Inner Circle? Tzav”
The Conflation of Kindness and Justice?
There is danger with conflation. Some concepts meant to be separate. The fact that each concept is virtuous does not dispel this notion. While surveying the Hebrew Bible’s Prophets with a Ten Commandments’ perspective, it is apparent that the Ten Commandments- as a complete body of law- is not part of their verbiage. Rather, manyContinue reading “The Conflation of Kindness and Justice?”
In All Fairness
Unfairness may be the one word that most depicts the Human Condition. The Torah Portion Emor addresses fairness within a multitude of dimensions. It is a deity’s solution towards addressing inequity. Emor, however, begins with directives and restrictions to those of the Israelite Priestly class. The sons of Aaron had limits like no other Israelite.Continue reading “In All Fairness”
A Ten Commandments’ Moment From Vayikra: A Legit Split?
Some commentators break down the Ten Commandments into two sections, five-and-five. The first group of five are laws detailing one’s relationship with God; the second set dealing with purely human relations. Does the Torah Portion Vayikra’s Ten Commandments’ moment dispel this assertion? Vayikra includes the following passage relevant to the Decalogue: “And the Lord spokeContinue reading “A Ten Commandments’ Moment From Vayikra: A Legit Split?”
An Employee Training Manual Based Upon Leviticus? A Ten Commandments’ Tale
You shall not curse a deaf person. You shall not place a stumbling block before a blind person, and you shall fear your God. I am the Lord. leviticus 19:14 a highlight of my legal career was petitioning to the california supreme court for a writ of review. the court unanimously granted the petition andContinue reading “An Employee Training Manual Based Upon Leviticus? A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
Super Star Loses Award And Its OK: A Ten Commandments’ Tale
You shall commit no injustice in judgment; you shall not favor a poor person or respect a great man; you shall judge your fellow with righteousness. leviticus 19:15 a superstar actor just lost an award. the governing body rescinded it. no, this is not about will smith. no, this is not “click bait.” thisContinue reading “Super Star Loses Award And Its OK: A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
Thou Shalt Prescribe? Should Justice Principles Apply to Medicine? A Ten Commandments’ Tale
i used to suffer from annual sinus infections. the treatment was simple. one doctor appointment and a $5.00 prescription for erythromycin. one year, my doctor wrote a script for a “new” medication. he told me that it might make me feel better “a day” sooner. the pharmacy bill for the new drug was $70.00! thereContinue reading “Thou Shalt Prescribe? Should Justice Principles Apply to Medicine? A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
Was Gandhi Right On His View of “An Eye For An Eye”? Ask Fred Valdamar Ortiz: A Ten Commandments’ Story
“an eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind” mahatma gandhi mahatma gandhi’s wisdom concerning the biblical pronouncement of an “eye for an eye” missed the statement’s meaning. an incident in utah is proof. leviticus 24:19-20, states that “.. a man who inflicts an injury upon his fellow man just asContinue reading “Was Gandhi Right On His View of “An Eye For An Eye”? Ask Fred Valdamar Ortiz: A Ten Commandments’ Story”
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