Torah Pearls #49 - Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19) I look forward to reading your comments! The portion concludes with the mind-bender of remembering to forget-and a reminder from Gordon that it’s a curse to have one’s name blotted out. Ki Teitzei underscores that the Torah is for all people, for all time-as its laws not only remedied ancient Canaanite traditions but also reached ahead to 20th century America when women’s rights finally began to get with the program. Discussions reveal what is at the heart of: Torah fashion statements, plowing with a donkey and an ox, installing parapets and taking millstones. In this episode of The Original Torah Pearls, Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19), an uninformed reading of the archaic civil and domestic laws in this portion might leave one scratching the head, but the trio deftly removes cultural and language barriers so that the principles behind these pearls can be applied to the modern age.
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