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Liberating Foreigners, Together with Our Sisters and Brothers (Shmini Atzeret)

November 14, 2006 | By Tucker Lieberman

, Sukkot

Media Type(s): Torah Commentary

Textual Source: Deutoronomy

This resource is part of the Torah Queeries collection.

In this portion, Jews are encouraged to literally “come out” of the settlement to worship, celebrate freedom, give ceremonial charity, and cement our own identities, although at the same time we are encouraged to use identity labels to divide us from others. We are also reminded to treat our slaves well. From this we learn that one path to mutual liberation is to celebrate each other’s diversity.

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