Likewise, it is for this reason, that all Jews…

Likewise, it is for this reason, that all Jews bear accountability for one another. This is because we are not merely a nation of independent individuals; rather, each person has aan actual piece of his fellow within him, and as such, when one person sins he not only damages himself but also damages the piece of his friend that is within him.

— from True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values) · Tomer Devorah: Rabbi Moshe Cordevereo's Classic Guide to Emulating Hashem's Thirteen Attri

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Here is the deepest reason any of this matters: the moral life is not finally about you. The tradition teaches that we bear responsibility for one another so completely that a piece of your fellow lives within you — when you damage yourself you damage him, and when you act well you lift him too. It is why whoever saves a single life is regarded as having saved an entire world. — True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values)

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