Requirement to pray: tolerance of bloodshed

so the legend in Jewish tradition goes: There were two brothers who together worked the earth on a piece of land they had inherited from their father. The brothers loved one another dearly. When harvesting season arrived, they divided equally the sheaves they had cultivated. The younger of the two brothers was blessed with a wife and a large family, while the elder sibling remained single. That night, after the harvest had been divided, the younger brother couldn’t sleep. He kept thinking to himself: I have been blessed with children, they will take care of me in old age. But what about my older brother? He is all alone, who will care for him? I will bring him more of the wheat harvest. He will need […]