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Gun Control, Halakhah, and History: Further Thoughts

While the use of weaponry is at times morally necessary, the glorification of weaponry is foreign to Jewish thought.

Gun Control and the Limits of Halakhah

Rabbinic disputes on the proper regulation of dangerous dogs illustrate that reasonable people, who share Jewish values regarding violence and self-defense, can disagree about gun control.

“Touch not Mine Anointed Ones”

Contemplating what occupies God all day, the Talmud declares that “during the last set of hours, God sits and teaches Torah to children who died untimely deaths.”