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TODAY,
ELUL 3, NUMBER 38
Tzedek
- the obligation to pursue justice
This week's portion contains the integral Torah phrase, "Tzedek Tzedek
Tirdof," "Pursue Justice." Why is the word
"justice" printed twice? To teach us to pursue justice only in
just ways (just means - just ends) and also that we should seek justice for
ourselves as well as justice for others..
See more on this concept here.
See a social action perspective from Hazon here and
a link discussing the connection to tzedakkah here.
An excerpt:
Rav Joseph Solevechik wrote that Rosh Hashanah is a
time to look externally, to atone not just for actions, but also for
inactions-to examine relationships with the community and larger world.
It is not simply enough to acknowledge the failures and weaknesses in our
world, nor to treat the effects - at this time of turning we need to address
the ways that we can respond, to discern what each one of us can do to address
society's faults, what we can do to impact the direction of things.
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