Oral law assignment
For my miyzvot I chose "You shall not render an unfair decision": do not favor the poor or show deference to the rich;judge your kinsmen fairly. This mitzvot stuck out to me because it is about equality and being fair which is very important to me. Also I recognized the hebrew as part of my Torah portion for my bat mitzvah so that's cool too. I believe this mitzvot literally means what it says, do t judge people based on their class or how much money they have. Equality is also a strong factor that I believe is trying to be out across, more specifically the equality between upper class and lower class people. I think the mitzvot of being fair is important to the Jewish person because we understand what it is like to be treated unfairly.

I chose this picture because it shows the hierarchy of the rich at top and the normal/ hard working people at the bottom, lifting everybody up. This relates to me because I am always supporting other people no matter who they are and I come from a family that started at the bottom and worked our way up. The picture also states that by tipping the hierarchy we can move toward a free and equal society with a new world in our hearts." I believe our modern world needs more of this mitzvot. 

Image~Eliana M. <3    

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  1. Sara GrinOctober 26, 2017 at 12:31 PM

    Love this post, Eliana! You said many wise things and I also can agree with you that our world needs more of this mitzva.

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