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Eglah Arufah

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Eglah Arufah: (lit. "calf, decapitated"); the calf decapitated as penitence for an unsolved murder
The eglah arufah (“decapitated calf”) was performed when a murdered stranger was found out in the field and the killer was unknown.
While no one will argue that man’s psyche is a tabula rasa, the question is: to what extent do we control the choices that we make? Whom can I blame? Where does my choice begin?
A look at the unusual way Torah mandates that the community leaders respond to the finding of a murder victim out in the field.
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