And what about a well-fed judge who sends poor thieves to prison?

No problem. When the distance can affect the interpretation and application of the law or the Jewish law in those “distant” circumstances, then and only then is there a problem.

And now that we’ve arrived at this—that there is a problem with an orphaned decisor ruling on the laws of honoring one’s father and mother—was there then a problem with entrusting the Ten Commandments, in which it says “Honor your father and your mother,” to Moses, who grew up in Pharaoh’s house and not in his parents’ home?

Best regards, just a contrarian questioner

So then a straight decisor who lives in a straight society and has a straight consciousness also can’t rule on the laws concerning homosexuals? Fine by me.

And a fool can’t issue rulings either, nor can he ask questions. Even if he lives in the closet.

And you, who grew up all your life among sages—how do you presume to rule on the laws of fools, their methods, and their foolishness? Refutation.