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The Passover Seder is upon us. The Seder is a wonderful celebration of spring and freedom, but first we must put matters in order. One of the evils our people has assimilated into itself over the long and bitter years of persecution we have experienced – since as far back as the destruction [...]
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"Wash you, make you clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes, cease to do evil...learn to do well...seek judgement...relieve the oppressed...judge the fatherless...plead for the widow"
"..Do not steal from the
poor, for they are oppressed, nor should you oppress the
downtrodden.."
"..Thou shalt neither vex
a stranger, nor oppress him..If thou at all afflict them, &
they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry.."
"..Woe to them that devise
iniquity..taking them by violence; & houses, & take them
away: so they oppress a man & his house, even a man & his
heritage.."