DEUT858 … a literal application of the law is often impossible and more often would result in an injustice ... [thus rejection of] the literal meaning of the Biblical text [may be required] so that the law may conform to the over-arching injunction of the Torah "Righteousness, righteousness shalt thou pursue" [this verse]. This seems, therefore, to be a perfect halakhic illustration of Dr. Max Kedushin's insightful observation that the fact that an ethical value is not specifically referred to in a given rabbinic passage is not to be interpreted to mean that it is not significantly embedded in the passage. Kadushin, Rabbinic Mind, pp. 51-2. Ethical values deeply rooted in the conscious and the subconscious of the people determine their actions and judgments even when not explicitly mentioned.