Exodus/Shemot 22:20
כ וְגֵר לֹא-תוֹנֶה, וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ: כִּי-גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם, בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.
20 You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
As cited in Rabbi Jill Jacobs, There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice through Jewish Law & Tradition (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2010), 99.
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Passage from Exodus/Shemot about oppressing the stranger. The Torah is a traditional Jewish text.
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1
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Translator(s):
Jacobs, Jill
Publisher:
Jewish Lights Publishing
Pages:
99
Publication:
There Shall Be No Needy
Date published:
2010