Shoftim

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Shoftim

vengeance is permitted

the goel hadam

the redeemer of blood

for the sake of the land

how does blood remove blood

does the stain not grow larger

in the holy soil

wherein lies redemption

we are told that your eye shall not pity

life for life, eye for eye,

tooth for tooth,

hand for hand, foot for foot

whether pity is a trait of human nature

or a middah that is developed

can its voice be ignored

once acquired

shall we pity those committed 

to an unending crusade

against their own humanity

can innocent blood ever be redeemed