Mishpatim: Think About the Now - Rabbi Ephy Greene

i don't know about you but when i was a little boy i was very scared of dogs every shop as i had to walk past a certain house that had a very nasty dog outside that was barking like crazy one time it even chased me halfway to shul the torah holds the jewish people to a higher standard of responsibility for their animals the torah tells us in particular that if a person has an ox and that gore is a person and that person dies sakura's then that animal gets put to death the gumball of you must and the owner also deserves the death penalty really he deserves the death penalty okay okay you'll tell me look at the next puzzle in kofi you shall love that he has an atonement payment the torah gives them a dispensation you can pay a certain fine and maybe give some sort of recompense to the family that lost their loved one but the torah's message is very clear the gamba love yumas if you have an animal that killed somebody your life is also in jeopardy your life is also called into question the same way that the torah says in sacha sanhedrin that when a person is in a situation of or either held by with a gun to their head kill this other person or we kill you they have to give up their life because who knows whose blood is better the same thing is true with regards to the the actions of their animals they're not taking proper responsibility over them they're not really looking after them but is that really is that really sensible does that really make sense you're going to hold me liable for murder that i didn't commit it wasn't my act the animal did it yes i should have guarded it better but i'm paying something i'm paying a fine to take care of that you're telling me that really i deserve to die because my animal killed somebody the answer is because the torah's response the torah's perspective for the jew is that life is responsibility life is about looking out for other people life is about being sure that this world is about chi kun olo not has to show them the opposite we're looking to make sure that we are responsible for our property we are responsible for what's going on around us the torah tells us that the cohen guttal was responsible for any murders accidental murders even that happened in his generation and that's why it was the death of the coin god which would allow people to leave golos because life is responsibility it is incumbent upon us to make sure that we are taking responsibility we live in a world where everybody says i have a right to do this i have right to do that but life is not about rights life is about responsibility [Music]