Love the Stranger

Love the Stranger

Aug 26, 2016 By Ethan Linden | Commentary | Eikev

In our parashah this week we find an odd statement masquerading as banalβ€”a revolutionary idea that at first glance seems familiar, but is something else entirely. In Deuteronomy 10:19 the Torah commands: β€œVe-ahavtem et hager ki gerim hayitem be-eretz mitzrayim” (β€œLove the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt”).

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