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The Limmud Sugia Social Beit Midrash

Synopsis

Legal or ethical?

Legal or ethical?

The Talmud usually answers questions about civil law by quoting legal precedents.
However, in this text, Rav responds with ethical quotes from the Book of Proverbs.
What might the significance of this be?

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A good policy?

A good policy?

Do you think Joseph’s policy was a good idea?

An ethical idea?

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Who is the Jerk?

Who is the Jerk?

Is “boss just slang for jerk in charge”?

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Summary  

The attitude of Judaism to the yetzer hara (evil inclination) in economics,
as one that can be sanctified, stands in contrast to the attitudes found in… socialism.

Their understanding of the economic drive as being the cause of hate, jealousy, theft and murder was a correct one and one that is perfectly acceptable.

Since it severed the relationship between the activity of the individual and the return that society was paying him, this raised other moral issues of a fair return for an honest day’s work.