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If, along the road, you chance upon a bird\u2019s nest, in any tree or on the ground, with fledglings or eggs and the mother sitting over the fledglings or on the eggs, do not take the mother together with her young. Let the mother go, and take only the young, in order that you may fare well and have a long life (verses 6-7).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is the reason behind this commandment? Rashi posits that the point is that this commandment is easy. Sending the mother bird away to retrieve the eggs takes little effort and is not detrimental to getting the eggs. God gave this simple commandment with a large reward in order to show that if this easy commandment has a great reward, all the more so other commandments have even greater rewards. Rashi\u2019s answer though does not explain why this is the easy commandment that has such a great reward. There are plenty of easy commandments that could have had this reward. Also, this commandment sounds similar to the commandment of not boiling a baby goat in its mother\u2019s milk and not slaughtering an animal and its parent animal on the same day. Neither of which are mentioned here or have this high reward attached to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Other commentators answer that this verse is meant to teach compassion. One should have compassion for the bird and if one treats a random bird with respect, then one will soon treat other people with respect as well. In context though, this may teach another lesson: one should not act swiftly and without thinking. The next few commandments seem to fit with this theme. Verse 8, build a fence to protect others from falling, verse 9, be careful what you plant so as not to mix species, verse 10, do not have an ox and donkey work together, verse 11, do not wear wool and linen together. Each of these requires a person to stop and think before doing an action and not to act compulsively. 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Deuteronomy 22 contains a laundry list of Jewish law, including two verses serving as one of the sources for not deliberately causing animals inordinate distress:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If, along the road, you chance upon a bird\u2019s nest, any tree or on the ground, with fledglings or eggs and the mother sitting over the fledglings or on the eggs, do not take the mother together with her young. Let the mother go, and take only the young, in order that you may fare well and have a long life (verses 6-7).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Permission to consume certain creatures, first given after the Flood (Genesis 9:3,) does not include dealing with them heartlessly. While Maimonides and Nachmanides debate whether maternal instincts in animals towards their young are comparable to those experienced by human beings, at the very least, we must avoid acting cruelly towards them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Talmud posits that one of the reasons for the famous heretic Elisha ben Abuya\u2019s ultimate rejection of Jewish tradition, may have been seeing this mitzva \u201cin action\u201d and his inability to deal with the theodicy implied:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He saw a man climbing to the top of a date palm, taking the mother with the chicks and descending safely. The next day he saw another man climbing to the top of a date palm, taking the chicks and sending away the mother. When climbing down he was bitten by a snake, and he died.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He said: Where is the good for this one? Where is the prolongation of days of this one? (Yerushalmi <\/span>Chagiga <\/span><\/i>2:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In his lengthy comments on this verse, Nachmanides agrees with Maimonides that it is important to establish the reasons underlying the mitzvot. While v. 7 mentions a reward - \u201cthat you may fare well and have a long life\u201d - the Tanach does not offer a rationale for this particular commandment. The Maharal posits that \u201cTorah\u201d is derived from the Hebrew verb \u201c<\/span>lehorot<\/span><\/em>\u201d (<\/span>to teach<\/span><\/i>,) with God wishing to instruct those who receive His law and follow His commandments. Such an assumption raises the question: Is it sufficient to blindly fulfill the Torah\u2019s instructions to achieve God\u2019s ideal, or must one also \u201cintellectualize\u201d the mitzvot in the hope of drawing closer to an understanding of the Lawgiver, and His law?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The issue of interpreting the commandments can be thought of as an application of the scientific method. Whereas the commandments are regarded as the phenomena to be interpreted and understood, the explanations are nothing more than tentative hypotheses whereby the mitzvot may be better understood. 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Verses 28\u201329 of our chapter deal with the rape of a single woman who is not betrothed. The rapist must pay fifty shekels of silver to the woman\u2019s father and marry her, and he is prohibited from ever divorcing her.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This response to rape is deeply disturbing from a contemporary point of view. We can only imagine how awful it would be for a woman to be married to her rapist and forced to live with him for the rest of his life. It may be that in the ancient context, marriage would at least have provided the woman with an assurance of economic support. But the biblical law is not concerned primarily with justice for the woman but for her father.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Marriage in the ancient Near East was to some extent a financial transaction: the prospective groom would pay a \u201cbride price\u201d to the prospective bride\u2019s father. Since virgins were more highly valued, a man who raped a virgin would be depriving her father of a higher bride price. This law requires the rapist to compensate the father for that loss and ensures that the father will not have to support her in the case of a divorce.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This law has a parallel in the Middle Assyrian Laws, which are believed to have been written around 1076 BCE. (Most scholars date the earliest version of Deuteronomy to 622 BCE.) In this law, too, the rapist must compensate the father for the lost bride price. But there is a striking difference: If the rapist is unmarried, he must marry his victim, but if he is married, his own wife is raped!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Vicarious punishments like raping a rapist\u2019s wife are also found elsewhere in Mesopotamian law. For example, the Code of Hammurabi states that if a man builds a house and it falls and kills the owner\u2019s son, the builder\u2019s son must be put to death. In contrast, Deuteronomy says: \u201cParents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime\u201d (24:16). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Biblical law does not provide the justice we would like to see for a victim of rape. 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This has been my favorite verse in the Torah for as long as I can remember. And I do remember, as a college student 30 years ago, the first time I picked up the Bible to read it on my own - the same semester that I met Elana and God (I was clearly in the mood for love!) reading Scripture on my own, in English, hit me with a force beyond description. I was thrilled by the drama and the pageantry, elevated by the wisdom, challenged by the vision of a just, compassionate and righteous society, a vision yet to be implemented.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Then I read these staccato words. In the middle of a paragraph which speaks of our obligation to restore lost items to our fellow (the Torah terms him your \"brother\"!), how we are to inconvenience ourselves to return lost property or clothing or livestock, we are then instructed <\/span>lo <\/span><\/i>tukhal le-hitalem, you must not remain indifferent.<\/span><\/em> If you were looking for a three word summation of the entire Torah, that would be it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I have tried throughout my rabbinic work, as a husband and father and friend, not to allow myself to be indifferent. When I saw the exclusion and marginalization of LGBTQ people, I didn't let myself remain quiet. When I fathered a boy who struggles with autism, I didn't let myself remain quiet. I am no saint, but that charge of Torah was a goad that would not let me hide (another way to translate the verse: \u201cyou may not hide\u201d). Rashi, in his typical way, comments that we may not hide our eyes as though we didn't see the others' suffering. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

These powerful, uncompromising, stern words call me to be who I am supposed to be. Whether tired or not, worn down or not, I can no longer hide. I must not remain indifferent.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Chapter 22 begins with two simple commandments aimed at creating a society in which people caring for one another is the rule, not the exception. It is a society in which a Kitty Genovese case, where a person can cry out for help and be ignored, should be inconceivable. At the end of the chapter, in the case of the betrothed woman, we see that the basic assumption, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is that she was raped. Therefore, if the case takes place in the fields, we don't entertain the possibility that she consented, and she is judged to be faultless. If, however, it happened in the city, there is an absolute presumption that sex was consensual. Why? In the city, her cries of protest would be heard. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

What the Torah doesn't consider is that she would cry out and be ignored. That is simply not possible in the community that the Torah envisions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Might the mysterious commandments of <\/span>kilayim<\/span><\/em> and <\/span>sha'atnez<\/em> <\/span>found in this chapter also be part of creating this society without indifference? Whatever their precise significance is, what is clearly conveyed by these <\/span>mitzvot<\/span><\/i> is the importance of recognizing, and not blurring, differences. The difference between plant and animal life must be honored, and within plant and animal life, different species must remain distinct. Why is this so important?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To care about something, we must think of it as special, unique in some way. To be indifferent is to be insensitive to difference, to be unbiased, not particular. \u00a0While we cherish equality, we need to be sensitive to the way that value can have a flattening effect, making everything the same, erasing real differences. The way to create a society of caring may not be to see everyone as equals, but to see everyone as different and unique.
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Among the mnay <\/span>mitzvot<\/span><\/i> listed here, there are two about which the Torah says \u201cyou must not remain indifferent\u201d or \u201cdo not ignore it\u201d (Deut. 22:3, 4). Why in these particular cases does the Torah stress that one must not hide (<\/span>hit\u2019alem<\/span><\/em>) and note specifically that one must always be aware of one\u2019s surroundings and not overlook incidents encountered during the course of daily life?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The first time this phrase appears is in connection with the law regarding the restoration of lost property: \u201cIf you see your fellow\u2018s ox or sheep gone astray do not ignore it; you must take it back to your fellow. If your fellow does not live near you or you do not know who he is you shall bring it home\u2026\u201d (Deut. 22:1\u20132). One is commanded not only to make an effort to restore lost property to its owner, but also to be responsible for the animal until it can be returned. The second time the phrase is used concerns the aid a man must extend to his fellow\u2019s animal should it be in distress: \u201cIf you see your fellow\u2019s ass or ox fallen on the road do not ignore it; you must help him raise it\u201d (Deut. 22:4). In both laws the Torah obligates one not to look the other way, but to render whatever assistance is necessary.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In both of these cases, the Torah is referring specifically to a caring attitude toward animals. However, the emphasis on the fact that these animals belong to \u201cyour fellow,\u201d using the Hebrew word \u201cyour brother,\u201d a phrase that appears six times in this context, gives us to understand that the thrust of both of these laws reflects a major principle of social education: One must look beyond oneself so as to be cognizant of and sensitive to one\u2019s surroundings, countering the natural human tendency to avoid becoming involved with others and the inclination to concern oneself only with one\u2019s immediate family.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Avner Moriah\u2019s painting illustrates the law referring to the help that one must render when a fellow\u2019s animal has collapsed and is lying in the road. The picture is divided into two registers. In both we see a bearded man clad in a striped gown. At the top the man is turned toward an ass that has fallen to the ground while carrying what is clearly a heavy burden. The ass is looking up and its mouth is open in an apparent cry of distress, an image that accents the seriousness and urgency of the animal\u2019s situation, which must not be ignored. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The lower register shows the same man and the same ass, but here the man is walking ahead, having unburdened his fellow\u2019s animal by taking the heavy load on his own back, so that the ass was able to get back on its feet. The obligation not to remain indifferent, illustrated by concern for another man\u2019s animal, is the beginning of an awareness that is to evolve into a strong communal desire for a social order based on \u201clove your fellow as yourself\u201d (Lev. 19:18).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Artwork by: Avner Moriah, by courtesy of the artist<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Text by: Dr. Shulamit Laderman, PhD in Art History, publications on Jewish and Christian influences on biblical interpretive illustration.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our chapter contains a list of various laws. Among them is found what became the brief biblical basis for Jewish marriage practice: \u201cA man takes a woman and has sexual relations with her\u2026\u201d (Deuteronomy 22:13, see also Deuteronomy 24:1). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Mishnah (Kiddushin 1:1) legislates that such \u201cconsummation\u201d is just one way of creating the marital relation between a man and a woman: \"A woman is acquired [in marriage] in three ways\u2026by money (i.e. by the transfer from the man to the woman something of monetary value, e.g. a ring), by a document (stating in writing that the man is taking the woman as his wife) or by sexual intercourse.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to the Talmud (Yevamot 52a), Rav ruled that any couple employing sexual intercourse by itself to create the marriage bond should be flogged for licentious behavior in \u201crebellion\u201d against rabbinic authority, though the marriage bond itself would necessarily still be considered halakhically binding. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Elsewhere in the Talmud (Kiddushin 2b), Rabbi Shimon found reference to courtship practices in our chapter by asking: \u00a0Why did the Torah state, \u201cA man takes a woman\u2026\u201d (Deuteronomy 22:13) and not \u2018if a woman be taken to a man\u2019? This is because it is the way of a man to go in search of (i.e. court, woo) a woman, but it is not the way of a woman to go in search of a man. This may be compared to a man who lost something. Who goes in search? The loser goes in search of what he lost (according to Rashi, the man lost \u201cone of his ribs\u201d, a reference to Adam in Genesis 2:21-23). Indeed, in most traditional societies until this day, the man is generally expected to be the one to initiate any relationship that might eventually develop into marriage. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Courtship practices are an important area of modern anthropological and sociological research. Today, there is generally more acceptance of women as well as men initiating romantic interest in each other. Online dating services are used by both sexes for finding prospective marital partners. So, in our day, would a rabbinic sage like Rabbi Shimon condone the use of an internet connection for cultivating personal relationships? \u00a0And what might Rav have to say about some currently accepted social mores?<\/span>
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In the ancient times, and still in many parts of the world today, the roof is a usable place where one can dry fruits and seeds, hang laundry, sleep in the summer and sunbathe in winter, play, sit and chat, lookout and more. Such a roof should have a railing so no one falls. Does the Torah really need to tell us the obvious?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Kabbalists play with the fact that in gematria \u05d2\u05d2\u05da \u201c<\/span>gag-cha<\/span><\/em>\u201d \u2013 your roof \u2013 is numerically equal to God\u2019s four-letter name (26). They tell us that we should have a \u201crailing\u201d \u2013 what today we would call \u201cboundaries\u201d \u2013 around ourselves to protect ourselves from \u201cfalling\u201d and prevent disruptive things from coming in. Our \u00a0\u201croof,\u201d the highest point in our being and therefore, our connection with the Divine, needs to be open, accessible and also - secure and safely guarded.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This comes sandwiched between \u201c<\/span>hashev teshivenu<\/span><\/em>\u201d, the instruction to return lost objects, and the prohibition to mix two kinds if seeds. Is it possible those are all connected? Perhaps \u2018returning\u2019 lost objects speaks not only to stray ox, donkey, sheep or garment but to what these qualities stand for in our process of<\/span> teshuva<\/span><\/em> \u2013 return. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

And perhaps the Hebrew word for \u201ctwo kinds of seeds\u201d - \u201c<\/span>kil\u2019ayim<\/span><\/em>\u201d, literally meaning \u2013 two prisons, highlights for us that we are not to mix things that inhibit and limit each other\u2019s growth, i.e. that \u201cimprison\u201d each other, preventing mutual growth. This applies to plants, animals and people too. In that sense, our goal should be teshuva, bringing us back when we lose our right path for a new beginning; but absolute teshuva can lead to \u201cmelting\u201d into the Divine and self-loss. This interpretation is advising this process be handled with care: strive to develop to our fullest potential, create healthy boundaries and don\u2019t mix with those who hold us back and restrain our growth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n


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I\u2019m the person who stands back far from the edge. \u00a0Even, or perhaps especially when there\u2019s a guard rail, protecting me from a fall. Yet somehow, while backpacking around New Zealand, I signed myself up to climb one of its tallest glaciers. I figured if everyone was doing it, it must be safe. And, as far as risky endeavors go, scaling a glacier doesn\u2019t exactly compare to throwing oneself out of an airplane or careening headfirst into a canyon, with a bungee cord the only thing keeping you safe.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yet, when I found myself on top of that glacier, stepping over massive cracks running down deep to the heart of it, lagging behind the rest of the group, I thought, I could die doing this. I could just fall. Only I was responsible for my own safety.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Deuteronomy 22, the Torah instructs, \u201cWhen you build a new house, you should make a guard rail for your roof...\u201d The Torah is teaching us that we have to take all the necessary precautions to avoid unnecessarily endangering our own safety. What would this Torah, so concerned with people standing too close to the edge, have to stay about scaling glaciers, jumping out of planes, careening through canyons? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

During the thunderous moment of revelation, God warns us to \u201ctake great care of ourselves\u201d (Deuteronomy 4:15) lest we come to create false idols to worship in the absence of having an image of God to revere. The later rabbis lift this phrase out of context and interpret it a bit differently. How should we take great care of ourselves? We have to avoid placing ourselves in situations of unnecessary danger; we have to be thoughtful and responsible when it comes to risk-taking. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For someone who is quite risk-averse, the Torah here seems to be affirming what I already know to be true. And yet, when I think back to my glacier-hiking days in New Zealand, standing on top of the ice, in one of the beautiful places I\u2019ve ever been, in one of the most dangerous situations I\u2019ve placed myself into, I wonder, how much risk is too much? When is a little bit of risk necessary in order to experience the fullness of life? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

And, when do we go too far, risking too much, standing on the edge of the roof, with no guard rail to keep us safe?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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One of the more distinctive areas of Biblical law is the requirement to return lost property to its original owner. Generally, legal systems are concerned with the protection of property from harm, and its restitution in the event of damage by the culpable party. The novelty of the Biblical system is that people must restore property that they stumble across, regardless of fault.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The noun that the Torah uses for such property is <\/span>avedah<\/span><\/em> \u2013 literally, \u201cthe lost [thing]\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And so should you do with his donkey and so should you do with his garment, and so you should do with every lost thing (<\/span>avedat<\/span><\/em>)<\/span> of your brother\u2019s that he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself. (Deuteronomy 22:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbinic law discussions the obligation to restore lost property in great detail, and even devotes an entire chapter to the topic. The first Mishnah of this chapter begins as follows:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Which are the found items that belong to him [the finder], and which ones must he announce? (Mishnah Bava Metzia 2:1)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Notably, the way the rabbis refer to lost objects is <\/span>metzi\u2018a<\/span><\/em> \u2013 literally \u201cthe found.\u201d Thus, the rabbis shift the focus from those <\/span>lost<\/em> <\/span>objects that one is required to return to the original owner, and those <\/span>found<\/em> <\/span>things that one\u00a0 is permitted to keep. According to the rabbis, only if there is some distinctive sign on the object, linking it to the owner, must one announce the find in order to return the object. Otherwise, it\u2019s the principle of \u201cfinders keepers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The Sermon on the Mount tells us to love our enemies. That is a supremely beautiful idea, but it is not easy. Moses offers a more liveable solution. Help your enemy. You don\u2019t have to love him but you do have to assist him. That is the basis of the simple command in Exodus: \u201cIf you see your enemy\u2019s donkey sagging under its burden, you shall not pass by. You shall surely release it with him.\u201d (Exod. 23:5)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Behind this law is a simple idea: your enemy is also a human being. He has a problem. Besides which, his donkey is suffering. Hostility may divide you, but something deeper connects you: the covenant of solidarity. Pain, distress, difficulty \u2013 these transcend the language of difference. A decent society will be one in which enemies do not allow their rancour or animosity to prevent them from coming to one another\u2019s aid when they need help. If someone is in trouble, act. Do not stop to ask whether they are friend or foe. Do as Moses did when he saw shepherds roughly handling the daughters of Jethro, or as Abraham did when he prayed for the people of the cities of the plain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The rabbis noted that in Deuteronomy (22:4) a similar law appears, but this time in relation to friend, not foe: it speaks of \u2018your brother\u2019s donkey\u2019. The Talmud rules that in a case of conflict, where your brother and your enemy both need your help \u2018you should first help your enemy \u2013 in order to suppress the evil inclination\u2019. Both may be equally in distress, but in the case of an enemy, there is more at stake: the challenge of overcoming estrangement, distance and ill-will. Therefore, it takes precedence. The ancient Aramaic translations (<\/span>Targum Onkelos<\/span><\/i>, and more explicitly <\/span>Targum Yonatan<\/span><\/i>) say something fascinating at this point. They take the phrase \u2018You shall surely release\u2019 to mean not just the physical burden weighing on the donkey, but also the psychological burden weighing on you. They translate the verse as: \u2018You shall surely <\/span>let go of the hate you have in your heart<\/em> <\/span>towards him.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: <\/span>Not in God\u2019s Name<\/span><\/em>, p.257-258<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":51341,"alt":"","title":"donkey","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","width":425,"height":328,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey-300x232.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":232,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","medium_large-width":425,"medium_large-height":328,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","large-width":425,"large-height":328,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","1536x1536-width":425,"1536x1536-height":328,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","2048x2048-width":425,"2048x2048-height":328,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","post_full_size-width":425,"post_full_size-height":328,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","home_baner-width":425,"home_baner-height":328}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Help Your Enemy - And His Donkey","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Pain, distress, difficulty should transcend the language of difference","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":51341,"alt":"","title":"donkey","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","width":425,"height":328,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey-300x232.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":232,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","medium_large-width":425,"medium_large-height":328,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","large-width":425,"large-height":328,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","1536x1536-width":425,"1536x1536-height":328,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","2048x2048-width":425,"2048x2048-height":328,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","post_full_size-width":425,"post_full_size-height":328,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/donkey.jpg","home_baner-width":425,"home_baner-height":328}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Deuteronomy","chapter":"22","chapter_main_number":"175","date":"20260430","wall_id":"175"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"354","name":"Rabbi Sacks","old_id":"754"},{"term_id":"395","name":"Covenant","old_id":"795"},{"term_id":"433","name":"Other","old_id":"833"},{"term_id":"436","name":"Morality","old_id":"836"}]},{"order":14,"id":"51349","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"How To Fare Well And Live Long - Together ","post_title":"How To Fare Well And Live Long - Together","slug":"how-to-fare-well-and-live-long-together","old_id":"51349","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":34011,"post_title":"Jeremy Benstein","slug":"dr-jeremy-benstein","old_id":"34011","first_name":"Jeremy","last_name":"Benstein","description":"Dr. Jeremy Benstein is the managing editor of 929-English. 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The promise is a nice one: \"That you may fare well and live long.\" This is the reward promised for sending away a mother bird before taking her eggs or fledglings (22:6-7). But why should fulfilling this commandment result in such a reward? That's not a modern question, as demonstrated by a Talmudic legend.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Talmud, in Tractate Kiddushin, describes how Elisha Ben Abuya, the famous rabbi-turned-heretic, might have lost his faith. A father instructs his son to gather some eggs from a nest, but to be careful to first let the mother bird go. Performing his father's request, the boy should be rewarded with length of days, yet he falls from the tree and dies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Elisha, suggests the Talmud, watched this, presuming that the Biblical promise referred to the life of the individual performing the commandments - and concluded that the promise was false, that there was neither Judge nor justice in the world. Others, including his grandson, Rabbi Ya'akov ben Korshai, take the opposite approach: rewards and punishments are all in the next life. So either tangible rewards, here and now (for the individual), or ultimate satisfaction (again, for the individual) in the hereafter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A similar assumption underlies many commentators' views of the purpose of driving off the mother bird. Maimonides says the commandment spares the mother the pain of seeing her offspring taken. Others, like Nahmanides, claim that the commandment is focused rather on the individual person: it teaches humane, compassionate behavior.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yet why limit the discussion to the individual? Both of these commandments are in fact prescriptions for sustaining human society and its place in the natural world.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Contemporary farmer-philosopher Wendell Berry observes: \"This [precept] obviously is a perfect paradigm of ecological and agricultural discipline... The inflexible rule is that the source must be preserved. You may take the young, but you must save the breeding stock.\" In short, by all means eat of the fruit, but take care not to destroy the fruitfulness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As long ago as the fifteenth century, commentator Don Isaac Abrabanel stated: \"The Torah's intention is to prevent the possibility of untimely destruction and rather to encourage Creation to exist as fully as possible.\" Therefore, \"In order that you may fare well and live long\" means that \"it shall be good for humankind when Creation is perpetuated so that we will be able to partake of it again in the future... since if we are destined to live for many years on this earth, we are reliant upon Creation perpetuating itself.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Environmentalists call this <\/span>sustainability<\/span><\/em>: creating a society that sustains itself, physically, over time (\"length of days\"), by not reaching, or breaching, the natural limits of the earth, and nourishes its members spiritually (\"fare well\"). We are far from this ideal: for too long we have enjoyed the fruit, and paid no heed to preserving the fruitfulness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The promise, then is not about the life of a single person, nor a pie-in-the-sky promise for the afterlife, but society and a world sustained for us and our children after us.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":51350,"alt":"","title":"dt22-nest","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-nest.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-nest-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-nest-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-nest-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-nest-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-nest.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-nest.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-nest-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-nest-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"How To Fare Well And Live Long - Together","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The secret? 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\"You shall not wear <\/span>shatnez<\/span><\/em> \u2014 a garment of wool and linen together.\" (Deuteronomy 22:11) <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Half my soul is daylight, while half is night;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Half my soul is liniment \u2014 half is knife;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Half my soul is harmony \u2014 half is strife;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Half my soul is compassion \u2014 half is spite.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Half my soul is blindness, while half is sight;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Half my soul is funeral \u2014 half is life;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Half my soul is prostitute \u2014 half is wife;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Half my soul is rock-bottom \u2014 half is height. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Take out Your needle, God, and pull Your thread<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To sew my soul, for You alone can mend<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Its linen and its woolen cloth which men<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Assume are opposites, like green and red,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Like loud and soft \u2014 but no, O Lord, You blend<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>The heavens and the earth, the now and then.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":108389,"alt":"","title":"-633c2992d53a4--633c2992d53a5deut22-torn ripped 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  1. You must not remain indifferent<\/em>. The law in verses 1-4 mentions \u201cbeing indifferent\u201d three times, emphasizing how easy it is to avert our gaze, and not see what requires our attention and intervention.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. A mother is still a mother<\/em>. Even if she\u2019s a bird (verse 6), and as we remember from 8 chapters ago, in Deut. 14:21, also if she\u2019s a mother of a kid.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Boundaries<\/em>. Biblical norms enforced separation and differentiation between the sexes, and between the species (in animal and vegetable). Why? See the commentators for some interesting takes.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Aversion and defamation<\/em>. And the desire to avoid alimony. Those are the reasons behind the (false) challenge of a new husband to the virginity of his bride. The first part of the law (verses 13-19) is told like a story, wherein the the hateful, libelous husband is both fined and prevented from ever divorcing his wife. The second part, which allows for the man to perhaps be correct in his claims, and that the fianc\u00e9e was unfaithful (verses 20-21), is short and lacking a broader narrative.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Tacit agreement<\/em>? Biblical law, like its modern counterpart, differentiates between consensual and forced relations. The criteria for defining consent (or compulsion) are different. See verses 24 and 27.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Deuteronomy 22","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Deuteronomy","chapter":"22","chapter_main_number":"175","date":"20260430","wall_id":"175"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/50925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}