What instruction does our shared environment teach us about creating healthier and more vibrant democracies derived from a communal understanding of freedom?
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For thousands of years, Jews have relied on the Torah, The Written Law, and subsequently on the Talmud, the Oral Law, as a guide to the practice of Judaism. One generation has followed another seeking to understand this voluminous literature that Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin (18
th century) characterized as the blueprint of the world.