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Swords Into Inter-Responsibility

Parshat Behukotai 26:37 says “each man before his brother as if from before a sword”. Please note the “as if”. This is analogy for something. For what? Rashi explains that each man will stumble over each other’s sins. We are all responsible for each other:

כל ‘שראל ערבים זה לזה

Shabbat Shalom.

Batya says

I like that.
Shavua Tov

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Leora says

Batya, thank you. It was a quick, one half hour before Shabbat starts kind of d'var torah that had some meaning for me.

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Ilana-Davita says

Quick but to the point and food for thought.

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