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TORAH PORTION
The Rule of Law's
Ancient Jewish Roots
RABBI IRWIN GRONER
Special to The Jewish News
T
he Jewish passion for
justice is stated in its
most powerful form in
the text of this week's Torah
portion: "Justice, justice shall
you pursue, that you may
live, and inherit the land
that the Lord gives you."
In commenting on this text,
Jewish sages note that the
word Tzedek, justice is twice
repeated. The reasons for this
are several. First, this is to
teach us that justice must be
diligently, vigorously and in-
tensely pursued if it is to be
attained at all. Secondly, jus-
tice requires that one must
accept a fair judgment even
when it imposes sacrifice,
hardship or loss. Finally, one
Chassidic teacher pointed out
that one achieves justice only
by using just means. The
cause of justice is never
served by injustice, duplicity
or falsehood.
When we look upon
Judaism as a system of val-
ues, its distinguishing feature
is its emphasis on justice.
The largest part of its
classical literature consists of
legal writings: the Torah, the
Mishnah, the Talmud, com-
mentaries and codes, rabbinic
decrees and enactments.
Jewish law also includes re-
sponsa which record the deci-
sions of scholars who were
recognized as the legal
authorities of Jewish com-
munities during the many
centuries of the Diaspora.
These legal opinions continue
to be written until this very
day. This case law consists of
approximately 300,000 deci-
sions, a staggering number,
when one considers the fact
that these opinions were
handed down by judges who
were generally without
societal authority, or political
power.
There are some who believe
that man and society are cor-
rupted by law, that love and
benevolence should suffice as
a guide for conduct and for
the building of a moral
society. A French philosopher
once wrote: "I will have no
laws. I will acknowledge
none. I protest against every
law which an authority cal-
ling itself necessary, imposes
upon my free will."
Judaism emphasizes the
ideal of love. After all, the
original source of this com-
mandment is Leviticus chap-
ter 19, verse 18, "Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself."
But Judaism has stressed
the commandment, repeated
countless times, to do justly,
to pursue justice and to seek
righteousness. One cannot
always be trusted to do spon-
taneously what is right and
what is the loving deed. Sub-
Irwin Groner is rabbi at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
jectivity can have as many
forms as there are people.
The law comes, therefore, in
the words of Justice Holmes,
"as the witness and external
deposit of our moral life."
Western civilization bears
out the genius of Judaism,
which expressed law as the
ideal of life. No book has
served as much as th Hebrew
Bible to teach the signifi-
cance of law for a just society.
The Bible declares that no
one is above the law, not
even the king. Hebrew scrip-
ture says there is one law for
the commoner.
Without law, there is no
freedom since unequal
strength will lead to unequal
justice. "And when justice is
dead," said Immanuel Kant,
"It's better not to be alive."
Judaism saw the highest
Shabbat Shoftim:
Deuteronomy
16:18-21:9;
Isaiah
51:12-52:12
moral striving of the indi-
vidual and the people in the
passion for justice. The
struggle for right is the
grandest and noblest moral
duty. In Jewish conscious-
ness, justice is perceived as
that which embodies God's
will, so that the triumph of
the just cause is no less than
the victory of God.
Our struggle for the de-
fense of the law is, therefore,
a religious duty. If you have
witnessed a wrong, it is a
mitzvah, or religious obliga-
tion, to come and testify even
if you are not summoned, and
to inform the court. It is the
task of every moral person to
see that justice is defended.
The rabbis encounter the
sacred in the proper exercise
of the legal process. In a law
suit, litigants not only stand
before the judge, but also be-
fore the Almighty. The judge,
himself, is a partner with
God. When two men brought
their case to Rabbi Akiva,
who served as their judge, he
said, "Know before whom you
stand. You are being judged
by the Creator of the Uni-
verse."
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