DEUT1032 Respect for others was fostered by the teaching that man was created alone. The world should be reminded that to save the soul of one person is equivalent to preserving humanity. Did not all "the families of the earth" proceed from Adam? We mourn the dead with such customs as Keriah, Shivah, Kaddish, Yahrzeit and Yizkor, for these emphasize the importance of the soul that has winged its flight heavenwards. When a man was found slain outside the boundaries of the nearest city, the elders thereof had to declare in all solemnity: "Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it." [this verse and vv. 1-9]. This was not because they were suspected of being directly concerned with the murder, but because they must clear their conscience before the entire assembly that the death was not the direct consequence of a failure on their part to provide shelter and hospitality for the wayfarer.