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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 ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
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: ...
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
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 ...
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
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 ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
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 ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
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 ...