JEWISH
BIBLE USED FOR OUR MORALS
Edited by Hugh Fogelman
Did you know many American documents are clearly related to the Hebrew Bible biblical precepts?
The Jewish law, the “Mishnah
Torah” contains 14 primary “books,” or sections. BOOK 14 The Book of Judges
contains Court and Judicial Procedures. Following is a listing of some of the
more famous ones:
"Have we not all one Father'? Has not one God created us? Why
should we be faithless to each other, profaning the covenant of our ancestors" Malachi 2:10
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:
"We, the people of the United States, in order
to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish a
Constitution for the United States.”
THE BILL OF RIGHTS:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to
assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
DECLARATION OF
"We hold these truths to be self- evident,
that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness.”
"Justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive in the land which
the Lord your God gives you.” Deuteronomy
“You
shall proclaim liberty throughout the land”
"Proclaim of its inhabitants.” liberty throughout the
land, for all. Leviticus
25:10;
“Beat swords into
Plowshares” Isaiah 2:4 and
Micah 4:3
GOD’S LAWS ON SOCIETY (7 NOAHIDE LAWS)
1.
The prohibition against
idolatry
2.
The prohibition against
blasphemy
3.
The prohibition against
murder
4.
The prohibition on sexual
immorality
5.
The prohibition against
theft.
6.
The command to establish
laws and courts of justice
7.
The prohibition against
eating the limb of a living animal.
Codification of Torah Law,
Mishnah
Torah, Section Hilchot Melachim
(“The Laws of Kings”), 9:1. Ramba’m"
Without these
ethical values and principles, the edifice of civilization stands in peril of returning to
chaos." -- Joint Resolution of the
IN EVERYDAY LIVING
“LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF” Leviticus 19:18
"The
Lords Prayer” 23rd Psalm
Rabbi Hillel,
taught “Do not to others what you
would not have them do to you.” This is the olden Rule,written seventy years before Jesus