Rabbi Moshe Zigelman has refused to testify before a federal grand jury.
He claims that Ancient Jewish Law forbids him from informing on other Jews.
Much like the "don't-snitch" code pervasive in urban ghettoes today.
Yet how would the Rabbi respond to the following verse in the Torah:
"That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (Deuteronomy 16:20)
The original text rendered by "that which is altogether just" reads "Tzedek tzedek". "Tzedek" means "righteousness" or "justice." Its repetition implies perfect, superlative justice.
No Jewish law or commentary can break or compromise the Torah. If perfect jusice demands that a Rabbi inform against other ultra-Orthodox Rabbim, he does not have the shameless comfort of shielding himself behind human law and tradition.
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