The laws of the Torah split the world into forbidden and permitted, forcing order onto a messy reality. But not just the Torah! Our most powerful speech-acts also alter the world. “I will never do that again.” “I promise to stay faithful to you.” “I quit smoking.” The full power of such statements is often […]Read Post ›
Slavery is repugnant, and must be eliminated everywhere. This is the clear message of the exodus narrative. Business practices, family relations, state policies – we must be hypersensitive, opposing anything with the stench of slavery that turns people into bodies to be owned, used and traded. Paradoxically, however, there is a language of acquisition of […]Read Post ›
120 words of Torah 