{"id":51571,"date":"2019-03-18T17:59:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=51571"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T08:28:13","slug":"what-can-we-learn-from-an-unmuzzled-ox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/what-can-we-learn-from-an-unmuzzled-ox\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can We Learn From An Unmuzzled Ox?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[847,436,848],"acf":{"old_id":"51571","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":48616,"related_cahpter":"178","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Should business owners let their employees consume he fruits of their labor?","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chapter 25 is another compilation of laws that at first glance seem to have nothing to do with each other. Some of the laws do have some connection by association. For example, the levirate marriage law in verses 5-10 is connected to the next law in verses 11-12 in that it has two men and one woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jewish tradition sees a connection between the first two laws, verses 1-3 and verse 4. Verse 1-3 describe the physical punishment for an evildoer &#8211; \u201cforty lashes but no more\u201d (this is fascinating in and of itself). Verse 4 says the following: \u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d The rabbis concluded &#8211; a person that muzzles an ox while it is threshing, shall receive forty lashes (Bavli Makkot 13:2). This connection is very convenient but also very weak. If the law intended to give an example, it would have used a human example. Moreover, this example really limits the people who will be considered \u201cevildoers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t think this law is connected to the one before it in any way, or to the one after it. I think that this law stands by itself. It stands out because it is about animals and it is very short, but it doesn&#8217;t mean that it has to have a connection to the laws around it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a stand-alone law, what is it trying to tell us? The basic understanding is that one shall not require an animal to do labor, without enjoying the fruits of that labor. This is another beautiful example of the Deuteronomy&#8217;s attention to its surroundings. Not just people but animals as well (and nature: see chapter 20).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should this law also apply to human beings? Can we, as a society, require business owners to let their employees enjoy the fruits of their labor? Should waiters be allowed to have food in that restaurant without paying? Should teachers be allowed to use school supplies for their private use? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although this kind of culture seems to understand the human soul &#8211; standing up to temptation can be tricky &#8211; this kind of culture can also become a slippery slope as it is soon it will be unclear where the line is drawn. Can a whistleblower lawyer use the information they have to short a publicly traded stock? 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