Oral Law Assignment

The mitzvot I chose is Leviticus 19:18 "You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against your countrymen. Love your fellow as yourself" I chose this mitzvot because growing up in a liberal family I was taught to treat others how I want to be treated and to forgive someone for doing something wrong. I feel like this mitzvot encompasses that in many ways. In my life I surround myself with a lot of different types of people and accept them for who they are. People were made how they were and shouldn't be judged for that. Also if I made a mistake I would want to be forgiven for what I had done if I had apologized so others should also not have a grudge held against them. I think everything is about respect and if someone doesn't respect me or accept me for who I am then I would still accept them because it is an opinion but my respect would be lost. This applies to Jews in the modern world for example, Woman of the Wall. Compromise is important in that situation and if Orthodox Jews can not meet W.O.W. with some of the demands they ask for then their organization should keep fighting until they get something. But while doing so remembering that everyone there is a person and should be treated like it.



The picture that I chose is from a concert that I went to of my favorite band Twenty One Pilots. This picture represents my mitzvot because listening to music is a time for me to think about everything and is a time to relax. It is when I decide how to handle a situation with someone. Also Twenty One Pilots does a great job of showing everyone that no matter who you are, you are a part of the "clique" (the fan base name). The songs Tyler writes has real life problems and even though not all of them apply to my mitzvah they have hidden meanings just like Oral Law, which has different interpretations.


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