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Our affirmation of the unity of God and our love for God serve as fundamental grounding principles for social action.

Knowledge of God does not always translate into actions.

Justice, expressed in Parashat Shoftim, is one of the eternal religious obligations of Judaism.

An exuberant Sephardic custom whose origins are the subject of debate

The accusation that blood was used to make wine or matzah for Passover was a pretext for attacks on Jews.

Along with truth and justice, peace is among the most hallowed Jewish values.

Moses and God each instruct Joshua according to the different models of leadership each embodies.

The Torah's establishment of Cities of Refuge introduces the idea that intention determines the meaning of an action.

The laws of vows and the rabbinic cautions against making them teach the holiness and power of the spoken word.

Parashat Ki Teitzei contains numerous examples of how we should structure and categorize our decisions and their consequences.

The commandment to remove a corpse from the stake on which it is impaled teaches us the importance of respecting the holiness of the body.

The reward of long life for the seemingly simple commandment of shooing away a mother bird before taking her young teaches us that no act is trivial.