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Jewish ethics

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Source –

• revelation of God• sacred writings

and texts• commandments

have divine origin

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Halachah:

• the way to live• Jewish ethics

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Commandments of the Torah

• prophetic vision• tikkun olam• Book of Proverbs

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Commandments• drawn from the

Torah

• 613 commandments

• the Ten Commandments

• 603 commandments: rules for how Jews should live

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Prophetic vision

• spokespersons from God

• call back to the covenant and social justice

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Tikkun olam

• ‘the repairing of the world’• righting the wrongs of the

world• charity, compassion, social

justice

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• written by King Solomon• ethical and moral instruction• wisdom• righteousness• purity• generosity

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Book of Proverbs

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Ethics relate to religious and non-religious practices

• ethics have implications to God and people

• laws and ideals form bonds between individuals

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