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DEUTERONOMY — 24:15 wage

DEUT1387 Pay daily laborers their wage at the completion of the work day. Such laborers are usually poor. They need their wages immediately so that they can buy food for themselves and for their families. Therefore, their employers must be punctual in paying their wages. Out of His great kindness, Hashem commands us about the matter to teach us to behave with mercy and concern towards others, and make sure that the needs of the poor are met. Thereby, we perfect our characters and become worthy of Hashem's blessings, which pleases Him, for out of His perfect goodness, He wants to bestow His blessings upon us. See [[LEV369]] Leviticus 19:13 wages CHINUCH 147-8.

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DEUTERONOMY — 24:15 wages

DEUT1389 "He who with holds a worker's wages is as though he deprived him of his life" (Baba Metzia 112a). The rabbis also warned employers that the withheld wages would not enrich them. On the contrary, their transgression would result in the loss of their estates (Bamidbar Rabbah 11). The biblical allegation that a worker "sets his soul upon it" [his wages; this verse] was interpreted literally by the rabbis. "Why did the man ascend the ladder, suspend himself from the tree, and risk death itself; was it not that you should pay him his wages?" (Baba Metzia 112a)

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DEUTERONOMY — 24:16 own

DEUT1394 … Judaism set an important example of a criminal justice system that seeks to individualize justice. The Torah announces that [this verse]. In contrast, crimes of attaint under English law, in which family members could be executed for the treachery of other family members, had to be specifically abrogated by the United States Constitution (Article 1, §9). (By Laurie L. Levenson, "Judaism and CriminalJustice"

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