I would like to address one of the most important lessons to be learned from Bereishit, but in order to do so, let us look first at Vayikra. In close proximity to the verse, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Vayikra 19:18) – about which Rabbi Akiva famously said, "This is a great principle in the Torah" (Sifra Kedoshim, parasha 2) – it is stated: "In righteousness shall you judge your neighbor" (Vayikra 19:15). It is not clear whether the latter verse contains a commandment. And if indeed we are dealing here with a commandment, two questions must be raised: To whom is it directed? And what is its content?
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