Isaiah 1:17

ישעיה א:יז

לִמְדוּ הֵיטֵב דִּרְשׁוּ מִשְׁפָּט אַשְּׁרוּ חָמוֹץ שִׁפְטוּ יָתוֹם רִיבוּ אַלְמָנָה:

Learn to do good. Devote yourselves to justice; aid the wronged. Uphold the rights of the orphan; defend the cause of the widow.
[JPS translation]

1. What does it mean to "do good"?
2. How can we devote ourselves to justice?

Time Period:	Biblical (early ancestors to 165 BCE)
Type:	Prophecy and Wisdom Literature
Categories:	Women’s Empowerment, Tzedakah, Trade, Aid & Debt, Tikkun Olam, Service/Volunteerism, Civil/Human Rights, Advocacy
Keywords:	Foreign Assistance, Ethics
Related Texts:	Isaiah 1:17
Related Sourcesheets:	Advocacy and Social Justice, Introduction to Tikkun Olam, Texts on Social Change v. Social Action, The Social Justice Imperative, Solar Sweets, Koach Lunch and Learn: Communal Responsibility 9/12/2009, Elohai Netzor & Lashon Hara, Judaism's Traditional View of Women, prophetic texts, Introduction to Tzedakah Texts, 5th Grade Family Kesher - Isaiah and Social Justice

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