
Commission and Omission
There is no question that the Torah has issues with the concept of the innocent being found guilty of crimes they did not commit. One of the ten commandments addresses false witness, and as anyone who has studied the laws of murder in the Mishnah can attest, the Torah falls firmly on the side of the speaker of the famous quote “I’d rather 1000 guilty men go free than 1 innocent man be imprisoned.” In Parshas Vayikra, the Torah goes a step further. Leviticus (Vayikra) 5:1 sta