Inside the ‘summer camp’ training rabbis how to use firearms
A five-day Los Angeles-based program trained 20 rabbis from 12 states in firearm safety, emergency medicine and synagogue security ahead of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
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Mark 12:31
Ethical application · WEBThe second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
A reader might connect the command to love one’s neighbor with efforts to protect people gathering for worship. The connection raises an ethical question about whether armed preparedness, medical readiness and other security measures serve that love with wisdom and restraint.
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One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?” Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that.
This interpretation is debated. Some Christians regard armed preparedness as a form of protecting neighbors, while others emphasize nonviolence, de-escalation or unarmed security.