An eye for an eye
Judaism teaches that when the Torah tells us to take "an eye for an eye," etc. it is setting up a system of reimbursement—that someone must pay the monetary value of an eye if they cause someone else to lose an eye. Gil at Hihurim has an interesting post from September on this topic with a quote from Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Can the passage in the Torah also be interpreted as taking a literal eye for an eye?
Labels: Judaism
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