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Wise Fridays: Matzah and Moral Corruption

“The ban on leaven during the Passover week signifies that national liberation also involves moral and spiritual rejuvenation and must ...

Wise Fridays: Why Jews Forget

The Jewish people were rebuked for having “having forgotten God, Who formed you†(D’varim 32:18). This forgetfulness is the principle ...

Wise Fridays: The Most Difficult Commandment

Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai taught: The Holy One has [only] revealed the reward for obeying two commandments in the Torah: ...

Wise Fridays: How Strong is Your Love?

“When our love was strong, we could have made our bed on the blade of a sword. Now that our ...

Wise Fridays: Once We Were Slaves

“Once we were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out from there with a mighty hand and an ...

Wise Fridays: Even Gnats and Flies

“The Rabbis said: Even though you may think them superfluous in this world, creatures such as flies, bugs, and gnats ...

Wise Fridays: Love Without Criticism

“Love unaccompanied by criticism is not love…Peace unaccompanied by rebuke is not peace.” —Genesis Rabbah 54:3 Find more Wise Fridays ...

Wise Fridays: After I Die

Rava said to Rav Papa and to Rav Huna b. Rav Yehoshua: If a written ruling of mine comes to ...

Wise Fridays: Men Follow Women

The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to Moses, “Go speak to the daughters of Israel and ask them whether ...

Wise Fridays: Three Books of Life

R. Kruspedai said in the name of R. Yohanan: On Rosh Hashanah, three books are opened — one with the ...

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