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There\u2019s a principle in Jewish law that I always found comforting: \u201ca judge has only what his eyes see.\u201d Being somewhat challenged in the area of decision-making, always worried I\u2019ll miss relevant information, it\u2019s nice to be reminded that I\u2019m only responsible for what I know about.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oddly enough, this statement of inherent (and therefore acceptable) imperfection may be derived from a verse about God: He hears the cries of Sodom and Gomorrah and announces He will \u201cgo down to see\u201d whether their bad behavior matches the outcry; \u201cand if not, I will know\u201d (Genesis 18:21). Perhaps G0d is modeling for us \u2013 for Abraham, just described as a progenitor of justice in the world \u2013 not how He achieves knowledge and passes judgment, but how we can. For though sight isn\u2019t foolproof, it is necessary; we humans must see, or we cannot hope to know.<\/span><\/p>\n

The role of sight in passing judgment looks (no pun intended) very different in Isaiah\u2019s portrayal of a future idealized ruler. He will be so filled with the \u201cspirit of God\u201d that \u201che will \u2018smell\u2019 truth\u2026 he will not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear\u201d (11:2-3). While God once modeled the human way to approach judgment justly, one day a human will instead succeed in emulating God\u2019s justice: he won\u2019t have to go see; he will just know, with more accuracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prophet goes on to describe animals dwelling in harmony together; according to many, a metaphor for newfound peace among humans. This part of the prophecy differs from the portrayal of the son of Jesse: The king will have a sixth sense in making judgments about individuals as distinct from one another \u2013 who is guilty and who is innocent, who is worthy and who is not \u2013 while others will gain a new appreciation not of distinctions but of sameness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe wolf shall dwell with the lamb\u201d (v. 6) \u2013 as if there were no significant difference between them.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe land shall be filled with knowledge of God, as water covers the sea\u201d (v. 9). The Chida (18<\/span>th<\/span>-century commentator) points out the thing about a sea is that there are deeper areas and more shallow areas \u2013 but you can\u2019t tell by looking at the surface; the various depths are concealed by a layer of water that appears equal everywhere. So too, though people have different strengths and abilities, there will come a time when the world will be filled with enough Godly [Torah] knowledge that it won\u2019t be readily apparent which people have which depths of knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

What does it mean to see the world in a godly way? Sometimes it\u2019s necessary to draw distinctions, and we might long for the capacity to make correct determinations instinctively, as God can. But in this idealized vision, it is a view of people as fundamentally equal that \u201cfills the land.\u201d Most often, that\u2019s all we can see, and all we need to know.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":65356,"id":65356,"title":"is11-solidarity","filename":"is11-solidarity.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-solidarity.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/seeing-the-world-in-a-godly-way\/is11-solidarity\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is11-solidarity","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":65355,"date":"2019-11-06 15:21:51","modified":"2019-11-06 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