Cutting Off A Hand For Grabbing Testicles? A Look At Deuteronomy 25:11-12.

The Torah is full of all kinds of laws that Israel was to obey. That is why the first five books of The Old Testament are called “The Law”. However, some of these laws might not seem fair, or might seem bizarre and come out of nowhere (looking at you Baby Goat command). One such law is Deuteronomy 25:11-12 which says “If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her h...