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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

Day 322: Positive Commandment 179

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Positive Commandment 179 (Digest)
Examining the Witnesses

"You shall inquire, search, and ask diligently"Deuteronomy 13:15.

Judges are commanded to deliberately, thoroughly and painstakingly cross-examine witnesses, and only then to issue a verdict and punish.

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The Egyptian Exodus involved breaking the bonds and limitation of Egypt in order to escape it. Chassidic teaching instructs to take this one step further: to step out of worldly limitations and bounds while remaining in the world. While functioning within the world we must transcend its limitations.
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