About this episode

The episode discusses the contrast between societal views on freedom of speech and the weight of words in the Torah.

Freedom of speech is enshrined in the First Amendment. Our society allows people to say whatever they want so long as they’re not perjuring themselves or making explicit calls to violence. In our society, words don’t carry weight. A verbal agreement without a signed contract carried no legal muster. The Torah has a very different […]

People in this episode

Host: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

Topics covered

• freedom of speech
• Torah
• verbal agreements
• First Amendment
• legal contracts

Keywords

• freedom of speech
• First Amendment
• Torah
• verbal agreements
• legal contracts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TORCH

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