Haskel and Deah


Articles by Haskel and Deah

Wise Fridays: Abolish Wars

“It is hard to do justice to the originality of men who, in the eighth century BCE, untutored by the ...

Wise Fridays: Deception in Business

“It is forbidden to defraud or deceive any person in business. Jew and non-Jew are to be treated alike. If ...

Wise Fridays: Words and Not Money

“Rabbi Isaac said: Anyone who gives a coin to a poor man is blessed with six blessings, but one who ...

Wise Fridays: National Responsibility

“Happy is the country and happy the nation that can give an account of what it has taken from others, ...

Wise Fridays: A Song of Sorrow

“Three ways are open to a man who is in sorrow. He who stands on a normal rung weeps, he ...

Wise Fridays: Which is the Right Path?

“Which is the right path that you should choose for yourself? One that is admirable in your eyes, and admirable ...

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“Do not say, ‘Why should I lessen my own fortune by giving my money to this poor person?’ Bear in ...

Wise Fridays: Who Built This House?

“Unless God builds a house its builders labor in vain on it.” —Psalms 127:1 Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on ...

Wise Fridays: Just Four Paragraphs a Day

“If a man learns two paragraphs of the law in the morning and two in the evening and is engaged ...

Wise Fridays: Guideline for Disputes

“Two camels meet on the steep ascent to Beit-Horon; if they both ascend simultaneously both will tumble down into the ...