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Weekly Torah Commentaries

Weekly Torah Commentaries

Ethics in Unexpected Places

Aug 19, 2026 · 11 min · 4 segments

This week’s portion opens with a legal code regarding the treatment of prisoners of war that can seem remote from life today, until we set it against the catalogue of wartime horrors compiled over the…

This week’s portion opens with a legal code regarding the treatment of prisoners of war that can seem remote from life today, until we set it against the catalogue of wartime horrors compiled over the past century. Read against that record, the distance collapses.

This week’s portion opens with a legal code regarding the treatment of prisoners of war that can seem remote from life today, until we set it against the catalogue of wartime horrors compiled over the…

Top entities: Torah×19 Maimonides×2 Book of Deuteronomy×6 God×5 Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra×2

Parashat Ki Tetzeh Introduction0:00 – 0:23

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Welcome to the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations Weekly Torah Commentary Series.

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My name is Matt Absalon, and I'm coming to you in Betafila in Miramar, Florida.

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This week's portion is Parashat Ki Tetzeh, a reading of Deuteronomy 21, verse 10-25, 19.

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And for this reflection, we'll be reading the first four verses, Deuteronomy 21, 10-14.

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Treatment of PrisonersWar > Ethics of War
Historical ContextWar > Ethics of War > Treatment of Prisoners
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Human DignityReligion > Judaism > Torah > Ethical Teachings
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