It is heartening to see that the spirit of liberty and law is so ingrained in our generation, that so many would readily grant its most precious tenets to those few who wish nothing more than to destroy them. Though I disagree strongly with some of your assertions, we are truly fortunate to live in a system where such dissent is possible, and where scholars better equipped than you or I can lock in legal battle on our behalf, and on the behalf of the nation.
As Jews, we have an exceptional obligation to observe and promote the rule of law, for Jewish law has been the anchor of our faith and identity for some three thousand years.
You wouldn't build a house without first creating a blueprint. We say that the Torah is the blueprint for G-d's creation of the world. Thus, while laws created by man are designed to deal with reality, the Torah, as a blueprint, actually is used to bring reality into being. The laws of Torah are just because they are based on absolute truth, ingrained in the very essence of creation.
As Jews, having been given the Torah at Sinai, we have an additional obligation: while we respect and uphold the rule of just law as created by man, we must understand and promote the will of G-d through our personal actions, and the Torah laws on which those actions are based - what we call Halacha, or Jewish law.
While a heated argument has raged on this note, [Name] and I have been privately discussing some of the Jewish legal issues I brought up earlier, and what our responsibilities are as Jews in a time of war - both to our people, the innocents, and the enemy.
[Name] has taken upon himself the task of finding a qualified Halachic authority, who can help us to unravel and understand the Jewish laws pertaining to the issues many of us discussed earlier. As Jews, it is in our tradition to argue, forcefully, even. We do this not to further ourselves, but to increase the light in a sometimes dark world, to further justice, truth and peace - G-dliness.
I, for one, am anxious to hear what this Halachic source has to say.
[Name] has taken upon himself the task of finding a qualified Halachic authority, who can help us to unravel and understand the Jewish laws pertaining to the issues many of us discussed earlier. As Jews, it is in our tradition to argue, forcefully, even. We do this not to further ourselves, but to increase the light in a sometimes dark world, to further justice, truth and peace - G-dliness.
I, for one, am anxious to hear what this Halachic source has to say.
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