The Death Penalty (Shoftim)
$20.00Price
If every human life is an entire world, how can the Torah ever permit the death penalty? This class explores one of the Torah’s most difficult moral tensions: the demand for justice alongside an uncompromising reverence for life. Capital punishment exists for the most severe crimes, yet the Torah surrounds it with extraordinary safeguards, searching for every possible merit and preserving the dignity of the condemned until the end. The class reveals that Torah punishment is not rooted in revenge or emotional closure, but in responsibility, atonement, and repair—raising profound questions about justice, human fallibility, and the limits of punishment today.
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