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While Pope Leo Violates Leviticus: “Do Not Stand Idly By the Blood of Your Neighbor,” Trump Honors It

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Apr 16, 2026
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There are commandments that shape ritual life, and there are commandments that define moral civilization. Among the latter stands one of the most uncompromising imperatives in all of Scripture—an ethical thunderclap that reverberates across generations:

 

“Thou shalt not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.” (Leviticus 19:16)

 

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