EXOD172 The Torah was given at a time when no society in the world had rules of equality for every member of the population, and the weakest members were legally treated as inferiors, while royalty had a different set of rules and laws that applied to them. Yet, the Torah stresses repeatedly that the laws of Judaism apply equally to the weakest members of the society, such as the convert (the obligation to love the convert and treat him or her fairly is mentioned 36 times in the Torah), the widow, and the orphan. Similarly, the king and other Jewish leaders are obligated to keep the Torah in the same way as everyone else.