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Human Rights in Judaism - Coggle Diagram
Human Rights in Judaism
Belief: Free will
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People have the ability to determine right from wrong and therefore have the responsibility to follow mitzvot
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Belief: Sin + Repentence
Sin referred to as chet and seen as result of human inclination, yetzer (rabbinic concept)
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Belief: Revelation
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Prophetic revelations of law, observance and warnings about failing to observe laws
many believe revelation ended during second temple period and authority shifted to rabbinical interpretation/commentary
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Justice
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Water used a metaphor for justice in Torah -> nourishing and powerful, essential for life; a natural part of the universe
Water is powerful; can divide cities, sweep through lands -> Justice is powerful and natural part of the world; integral to Jewish view of how others should be treated + their rights
Rest as a metaphor for justice; 7 days, 7 years, 50 years
Every 7 years - Hebrew economy would stop, no new crops planted, agriculture would have a year off, if families lost farms due to debt; debt would cleared and land returned -> no growing for profit, only for family and take what would be needed to sustain
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Justice is when human beings acts in accordance with G-d's laws and imitate G-d's atribute of justice
G-d - Human relations
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G-d is commanding all humankind to do justice amongst eachother; set up courts, rectify injustices commited by one person to another
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Inter-human relations
"You shall not take vengence or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18)
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Neighbour-love is natural right expressed in maxim of Hillel the Elder: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow"
Jews commanded to seek out fellow Jews to be benefited, which is not the same for Gentiles
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