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attached to property is the source of the laws of contracts and torts , the bans on robbery and theft , the laws of acquisition , land title and commerce , and the positive injunctions to build up and settle the world . The values of equality and freedom stem not only from the fact that all human beings were created in the divine image but also from the fact that they are all descendants of Adam and Eve ; the corollaries of these values include the laws of labor relations , which mandated fair and equal treatment of workers by employers even in societies that practiced slavery , and are all the more applicable in our own day and age . The family is a value that derives from the simultaneous creation of the two sexes—“ male and female He created them" ) Gen . 1 : 27 (; from the description of marital partnership in the second Creation narrative—“ Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife , so that they become one flesh” ) Gen . 2 : 24 (; and from the commandment and blessing , “ Be fruitful and multiply , and fill the earth” ) Gen . 1 : 28 , 9 : 1 ( . These are the underpinnings of many laws related to domestic and family law and make up the nexus of relationships within the family , between husband and wife , between children and parents , and in broader familial circles as well . The terms “ values” or “ principles” should be preferred to “ rights , ” because the Torah outlook includes precepts and obligations . The right to life and dignity comes with a concurrent obligation to defend and respect the lives and dignity of others . In some cases , the point of departure is one person’s right ; in some cases , the other person’s obligation . To put it another way , the term “ values” is better because it includes both rights and obligations , without specifying a fixed and absolute primacy of one or the other . Values require limits when the rights of one individual collide with the rights of another , or when one value clashes with another
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