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Covenant, as set forth in the Hebrew Bible, is the dramatic idea that the people, individually and together, accept responsibility for determining their fate by acting righteously with one another, relying on the God of justice to secure justice in the arena of history. They have autonomy: only God has sovereignty. If the people act well, God will ensure that they fare well. If they act badly, it will end badly. All depends on faithfulness to God and decency to people. All else \u2013 governments, rulers, armies, alliances, strategy, warfare, the entire repertoire of power \u2013 will prove illusory in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The politics of the Torah are unlike any other in the emphasis they place on society rather than the state;, \u201cwe the people\u201d rather than governments, monarchs or rulers; voluntary welfare rather than state-based taxation; devolved rather than centralized authority; education and social sanction rather than the coercive use of power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><b><i>Introduction: Finding Freedom, Koren Pesach Machzor<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":104708,"id":104708,"title":"-6279f88446967--6279f88446968ex19-we the people 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