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The Bible's Stand On Capital Punishment
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
least, in a theoretical vein,
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capital punishment appa-
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capital punishment if often means of justice. On the
mentioned in the Bible. At other hand, this type of
punishment was very rarely
carried out in the practical
sense.
An interesting clash of
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In contrast to this feeling,
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R abbi Simon, son of Gam-
li el, criticizes them by say-
ng "They ... would have
m ultiplied spillers of blood
(r m urderers) in Israel."
The dilemma is obvi-
0 us. On the one hand
r abbinic tradition is
t empted to go, all out to
ave a life — even that of
0 ne who theoretically de-
erves to be put to death
f or his crime. On the
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se rye to encourage the
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Since the termination of
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th e existence of a qualified
Sa nhedrin, the power of
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ca pital punishment has
be en virtually .removed
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fro m the authority of the
Je wish community (with
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th e exception of such cases
as traitors who might di-
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liv es of members of the
CO mmunity through their
bet rayal).
Nevertheless, the Tal-
mu d (Sanhedrin 84b) tells
us that the lack of capital
pu nishment does not free
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the criminal from other
punishments such as prison
and some forms of corporal
punishment,
Capital punishment,
then, still "remains on the
books" to indicate the sever-
ity of the crime while it has
virtually been removed
from practice.
It is claimed by some
that capital punishment
is not carried out because
of the possibility of an
error in judgment that
might ensue from the de-
liberation of the court,
especially lacking the
rank and authority of the
original Sanhedrin.
Even when that Sanhed-
rin existed the method of
questioning and cross-
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examination made it virtu-
ally impossible to carry out
afi- unquestionable verdict
of death penalty.
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Exports Up, But
So Are Services
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — In
the first half of 1978, Is-
rael's exports reached $1.8
billion, compared to $1.4
billion in the same period in
1977.
But economists are con-
cerned by Israel's continu-
ing trend of having a high
percentage of her work force
in service jobs (55 percent
compared to Europe's 40
percent).
Only 30 percent of the Is-
raeli work force is in con-
struction, industry or ag-
riculture. The figure for
other developed countries is
40-60 percent.
More than 50 percent of
all scientific research in Is-
rael is carried out by the
universities.
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