Joining hands is a physical sign of friendship, but Moses uses the term in a metaphysical sense in our Exodus reading (Chapter 23).  This contains warnings about joining hands for bad reasons.  Moses makes some down-to-earth statements of things that God sees as wrong.  But sadly in all too many parts of life today men and women “join hands” to ...

Shaking and joining hands is a physical sign of friendship, but Moses uses the term in an opposite context in today’s Exodus Ch. 23.  We read his warnings about joining hands for bad reasons.  He makes some down-to-earth statements of things that God sees as wrong.  Many of these are part of life today as men and women act in ...