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Combating the Mass Shooting Craze
By Naftali Silberberg
What is motivating these people to be so utterly insensitive to the destruction they are wreaking? And why are they turning the gun on themselves? As a society, where have we gone wrong?
Blogs » Views on the News » Combating the Mass Shooting Craze
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Thirty Three Murders
By Yanki Tauber
There are those who say that the problem with our murderous world today is that there's not enough religion. Others posit that the problem is that there's too much religion. But this is not about religion--it's about G-d
Society & Living » Current Events » News Archives » Virginia-Tech Massacre » Thirty Three Murders
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Blood Brothers, Soul Brothers
By Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (from the Writings of the Ari as recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital); translation and commentary by Avraham Sutton
The shedding of blood damages the Divine Image
Kabbalah Online » Classic Kabbalah » Holy Ari » Blood Brothers, Soul Brothers
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A Very Strange Commandment
By Yaakov Paley
"Taking a human life is an absolute no-no. How could Abraham have been willing to kill his own son in cold blood? So what if G-d commanded him--that's no excuse!"
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Vayeira » Parshah Columnists » More Parshah Articles » A Very Strange Commandment
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Signpost
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
"The court is obligated to straighten the roads to the cities of refuge, to repair them and broaden them... "Refuge, Refuge" was written at all crossroads so that the murderers should recognize the way and turn there..."
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Massei » Chassidic Masters » Signpost
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Adam's Children
Cain and Abel, Cain’s Jealousy, Cain’s Warned, The Murder of Abel, Cain’s Punishment, Cain’s Repentance, Cain’s Children, Cain’s Death
Library » Jewish History » Our Biblical Fathers » Adam's Children
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Cain Kills Abel
3720 BCE
The first murder of history occurred on the 25th of Kislev in the year 41 from creation (3720 BCE), when Adam and Eve's eldest son, Cain, killed his younger brother, Abel, as recounted in the 4th chapter of Genesis. Link: From the Midrash
Jewish Calendar » Kislev » Kislev 25 » Jewish History » Cain Kills Abel
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Should a Jewish State Have an Army?
By Aron Moss
Isn't it un-Jewish to kill people? How would Judaism apply the law from the Ten Commandments, "You shall not kill" in modern Israel?
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Ethics & Religion » Should a Jewish State Have an Army?
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The First Commandment
By Yanki Tauber
How the First Commandment, "I Am the L-rd your G-d", and the Sixth Commandment, 'Do not kill", are one and the same
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » The Ten Commandments Series » The First Commandment
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Resting in Peace
The soul of the murdered must be appeased.
From Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz
The soul of the murdered must be appeased.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Bamidbar - Numbers » Matot » Mystical Classics » Resting in Peace
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