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What Has Deuteronomy Got to Do with Bullies on Facebook? (Deuteronomy 19:15-21)

The Torah verse in Deuteronomy, discussing false witness, may be particularly relevant to us now in the modern virtual era when bullies can tell lies that spread farther and faster than the most virile disease or brush fire. The verse begins by indicating the number of eyewitnesses required to validate that a crime was committed […]