There is much – perhaps rightfully so – ado about how Torah (namely The Creator and instructor of ethics) teaches not rights but obligations – we say it is not the poor man’s rights, rather the rich man’s duty – however when you actually look at it, as all comes from Go-d, unlimited as He is, hence we can have mutual realities (as long as each is beneficial) For example, it certainly is within the rights of a person in the Torah to claim their rights as it refers to their physical as well as property rights – simultaneously, if one truly analyzes the nuanced differences between what a person can or cannot be prosecuted for, hence the difference between what would be the infringement of a right and what is right, such as giving charity, loaning money interest free…. hence the most brilliant system which includes both rights and doing right
By zevi770 · January 16, 2017