Ideology of Peace
PEACE IN DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
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PEACE IN JUDAISM
The history of Judaism goes back more than three
thousand years. According to Jewish traditions,
when the Israelites left Egypt and reached the Sinai
desert, God gave them the fundamental ten
commandments that were to govern their social
existence. One of these was:
You shall not kill. (Exodus, 20:13)
This biblical commandment forbids all kinds of
violence, whether individual or social, whether
directed against one’s own community or against
another. It was revealed to Moses directly from
God. According to Jewish tradition this injunction is
in the nature of an absolute command.
There is another injunction of the Torah worth
quoting in this connection. It embodies such moral
teaching as is common to all religions, although
differently expressed. The wording of the Torah is
as follows:
What is hateful (or hurtful) to you, do not do
to any other man.
