Freedom
Pirkei Avot 6:2
And it is said, “The tablets are the works of God and the writing is the writing of God, harut, engraved, upon the tablets” (Shemot 32:16). Read not harut (engraved), but herut (freedom), for no person has freedom but the one who engages in the study of Torah.
פרקי אבות ו:ב
וְאוֹמֵר: "וְהַלֻּחֹת מַעֲשֵׂה אֱלֹקִים הֵמָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹקִים הוּא חָרוּת עַל הַלֻּחֹת" (שמות לב:טז). אַל תִּקְרָא "חָרוּת" אֶלָּא "חֵרוּת," שֶׁאֵין לְךָ בֶּן חֹרִין אֶלָּא מִי שֶׁעוֹסֵק בְּתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה
Shemot 23:9
You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt.
שמות כג:ט
וְגֵר לֹא תִלְחָץ וְאַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֶת נֶפֶשׁ הַגֵּר כִּי גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם
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חֵרוּת
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