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Dr. Rabbi
Shmuly Yanklowitz
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The agricultural allocations for the poor outlined in Leviticus and Deuteronomy are a series of negative commandments, in which God forbids Israelite householders from gathering some of their produce and requires them to leave it for the poor. The rabbis took these laws a step further, granting the poor property rights over the allocations even before they are gathered.
Dr.
Gregg E. Gardner
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An attempt to control the disparity between the rich and the poor and create a righteous society
Prof.
Yairah Amit
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Deuteronomy 22:5 prohibits men and women from wearing each other’s clothes. What is the motivation behind this law, and why is this behavior “abhorrent to YHWH”?
Dr.
Hilary Lipka
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