Divine Democracy

Yitro | Exodus, Shemos | 5774

Whether Jewish law is democratic, explaining that while Torah comes from above, the extraordinary revelation at Sinai was a collective experience where every Jew heard G-d directly. The laws of Shabbat, personal morality and all Torah definitions come from G-d and are absolute, regardless of changing social norms.

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