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OPINION & COMMENT Raising His Hand Against Torah Moshe! Aspects of the
Prohibition Against Going to Court In the first part, HaRav Dvorkes discussed the basic prohibition and its gravity: it implies denial of Hashem and denial of the Torah — for petitioning a gentile court reveals a lack of trust in the justice of the Torah's laws. And finally, it delays the final Redemption. Even if there is mutual agreement, one may not go to such courts.
Halochoh and Yir'oh
Meaningful Prayer Va'ani Eshtachaveh Ve'echro'oh, Evrechoh Lifnei Hashem Osi The next of these introductory pesukim reads, Va'ani eshtachaveh ve'echro'oh, evrechoh lifnei Hashem Osi — I shall prostrate myself and bow; I shall kneel before Hashem my Maker. This precise wording does not actually exist in Tanach, but is adapted from a very similar posuk in Tehillim (95:6) that uses the plural form, and reads, Bo'u nishtachaveh venichro'oh nivrecho lifnei Hashem Oseinu — Let us prostrate ourselves and bow, let us kneel before Hashem our Maker.
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