Ariel Chinn @yellyc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025In Judaism there is the concept of “sh’at hashmad” - the time of destruction. In normal times there are 3 prohibitions that Jews are ordered to die rather than violate (yehareg ve’al ya’avor): murder, idolatry and incest. 101
Ariel Chinn @yellyc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025But at a time of distress to the Jewish faith, such as when a government is trying to eradicate the religion, *every* religious law becomes “yeharg ve’al ya’avor”, even the way one ties theirs shoes as put in a famous story from the sages. 100
Ariel Chinn @yellyc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025This is “sh’at hashmad” for American democracy, and American journalists and politicians would be wise to treat it as such. 000
