Discussion Questions

  1. Paraphrase the excerpts.
  2. Discuss and agree upon the main points of each excerpt.
  3. Describe the relationship between worker and boss or employer in the excerpts from Deuteronomy and the Mishnah from Bava Metzia.
  4. What is implied about Torah by tying “flour” to it? Why might the two be interdependent? What does work have to do with this?
  5. What do the Torah and the Rabbinic Sages teach us about the meaning of work?

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Discussion Questions." (Viewed on November 23, 2024) <https://jwa.org/node/14934>.