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Shortchanging a customer in weight or measure, even mere possession of defective weights or measures, is a punishable offense -- and a moral failing.

One violation of the biblical injunction not to "place a stumbling block in the path of the blind" is aiding and abetting an illegal or unethical transaction.

European influence in the Middle East.

Studying Torah--broadly construed to include almost all traditional Jewish learning--is valued by Jewish tradition as one of the most important activities for both children and adults.

Reading Jewish texts is not just a religious act, it is an act of communal identification and communication.

A lesson from the Talmud for today's Jewish community.

Is anything written by a Jew a Jewish text, and who decides?

Opposition to Tradition of Commentary on Jewish Texts. Connections in Jewish Texts. About Jewish Texts. Jewish Texts. People of the Book.

Jews demonstrate the sanctity of biblical and rabbinic texts in several ways.

Korach and his followers masked their quest for personal power and gain as a desire for an egalitarian, democratic society.