Parashat Mishpatim: Justice and compassion – can they go together?
To solve this dilemma, the Torah sets up laws of justice that do not ignore compassion.
The allegorical figure of (blind) Justice, as it appears in ‘The Allegory of Good and Bad Government’ by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Sienna, 1338-1339)(photo credit: WIKIMEDIA)ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ