tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post6653690214432198959..comments2023-06-21T10:52:34.013-04:00Comments on Jeremy Rosen's Blog: The Land of IsraelAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043970242427877089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-72257681873885149162014-08-15T14:36:05.169-04:002014-08-15T14:36:05.169-04:00Call it an amendment, whatever, its still a way of...Call it an amendment, whatever, its still a way of paying tribute to the past while looking forward to the future, isn’t it?Rabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-58245013468562472582014-08-15T08:14:30.645-04:002014-08-15T08:14:30.645-04:00It is in this respect that The Constitution is a b...It is in this respect that The Constitution is a better document for the material government of a People, while Torah is a better document for the morality of a person. While the 18th amendment is kept "on the books" for historical accuracy, it is, nonetheless, specifically, and totally superseded and vitiated by the 21st amendment. Rather than a weaselly workaround, the prior law remains in full black and white, to be studied for its contemporaneous illustrative purposes; while at the same time it's gutting by the 21st allows for no room of interpretation that even a shred of it remains in force.<br /><br />In the very same way, Jefferson made a cardinal error by allowing the "3/5th" clause into the Declaration which allowed almost a million young Americans to die less than 100 years later. However, when push came to shove, slavery was specifically and unequivocally outlawed in 1863. No weasel words about which times, or countries, or scenarios, or subjugated peoples it is allowed in. From exploring the Hudson to 1863 were ~ 200 years of shame for America, and then we ended it. 2000+ years of Torah and slavery has still not been wholly eradicated - because of a misplaced idolatry to the imperturbability of the text and the mesorah.Michael Hnoreply@blogger.com