Much the same crowd once again trying to minimize the seriousness of Judaism
I will try to answer some for the moment
Now there’s much to be learned from these serious statements made in our texts regarding slander or haughtiness they’re not meant to be taken literal
remarkable or not the same non-literalist on other issues are so literal all of a sudden over here for these
Baseline for Judaism is the pyramidal structure of punishment .however there’s other factors that must be taken into that edifice
eg, Shabbos even though it is more severe than murder which by the way is decapitation. is not one of the three Cardinal precepts For which for which an individual must forfeit their life for
Second one must factor in unintentional act as well for to kill unintentional they have to flee in Exile which is not the case for Shabbos
a kohan who kills unintentionally is not permitted ever more to go up and Duchan
“Incidentally do you know of any discussions regarding which is worse intermarriage or marrying someone who won’t keep taharas hamishpacha.
Actually remarkably was discussed it was actually rather topical in the later 70s
and it was addressed in an article published in the Jewish Observer 1977 from none other than Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky