"Then God said, “The outrage of Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave! I will go down to see whether they have acted altogether according to the outcry that has reached Me; if not, I will take note.”
Genesis 18:20-21
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Genesis 18:20-21
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“This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: arrogance! She and her daughters had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility, yet she did not support the poor and needy.”
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The people of Sodom said: Since bread comes out of (our) earth... why should we suffer wayfarers, who come to us only to deplete our wealth? Come, let us abolish the practice of traveling in our land.... Talmud Sanhedrin 109a
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"If a poor man came [to Sodom], every resident gave him a coin, upon which he wrote his name, but no bread was given [the store owners recognized such coins, and refused to accept them]. When he died,
each came and took back his coin...." Sanhedrin 109a https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/02/deaths-caused-covid-19-virus-lack-health-care-column/5356887002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/opi...
each came and took back his coin...." Sanhedrin 109a https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/02/deaths-caused-covid-19-virus-lack-health-care-column/5356887002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/opi...
"Rabbi Yehudah said: They made a proclamation in Sodom (saying): Everyone who strengthens the hand of the poor or the needy with a loaf of bread shall be burnt by fire." Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 25:8 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/food-banks-sound-alarm-child-hunger-covid-crisis-drags-n1252368">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-n...
"The people of Sodom set their sights on property owners. They would take one and place him alongside an inclined, flimsy wall that was about to fall, and push it upon him to kill him, and then they would come and take his property." Talmud Sanhedrin 109a https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/12/29/new-york-passes-strong-anti-eviction-law-amid-looming-crisis">https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2...
"There were four judges in Sodom and they were named for their actions: Shakrai, meaning liar, and Shakrurai, habitual liar, Zayfai, forger, and Matzlei Dina, perverter of justice." https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2020/how-cash-bail-system-endangers-health-black-americans">https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2020...