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Because of the difficulty that always arises in attempting to achieve any modicum of true justice in civil disputes - and Jewish society for good or for better is a litigious society - the Talmud advocated mediation and arbitration as being the better way to solve disputed monetary issues. All lawyers in the United States are well aware of Lincoln’s statement that "a poor settlement of a case is still better than a good lawsuit." Unfortunately that does not appear to be widely accepted tenet of behavior in a current increasingly aggressive methodology of the practice of law. Compromise forces us to acknowledge our imperfections and our inability to arrive at true and ultimate justice on our own. The rabbis of the Talmud again stated that a good and fair court composed of pious scholars will be granted Divine assistance in rendering its decision in a case that actually goes to final trial and judgment. Even such a court cannot achieve ultimate justice by its own human means. Divine aid is required to approach a fair and equitable decision in judicial matters. Since Divine aid is never guaranteed to any human endeavor, the rabbis therefore strongly urged the idea of compromise and settlement for all issues in human dispute. The rabbis in Avot characterized the idea that "what is mine is mine and what is yours is yours" as possibly being a trait of the wicked people of Sodom. For it allows no room to compromise and move on in life. And perhaps that is the most practical type of justice - the idea of compromise and the realization that most times in life less is more - that any human society can accomplish.
Shoftim Can a Sheitel be Prohibited Because of Avodah Zarah?
A Background Discussion about the use of Indian Hair
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P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: Twin Foundations
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
D'varim Judaism’s Social Vision
Re’eh
Giving is more than an act of generosity—it is an essential part of human dignity that belongs to everyone, rich and poor alike. The ultimate goal of help is to empower others to stand on their own.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
