Parashat Ki Teitzei: תָחוֹס | taḥos
The project of halakhic discourse has never really been about unearthing some impossible pristine viewpoint-independent reading of Tanakh; the project has always been building a livable and just system of religious law, and that necessarily depends on what you find livable and just. You values always shape the project, however much the project may recursively shape you in turn.
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