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Wise Fridays: Faith Without Works
Our Father rejects those who do good, trusting in their own righteousness to save them, looking to their own works ...
Wise Fridays: The Perils of High Office
Rabbi Judah ben Tabai said: If anyone had said to me before I entered high office, “Assume that office,” my ...
Wise Fridays: You Go First
Two men came to Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak of Ponovezh. They had both bought plots in the cemetery, and each wanted ...
Wise Fridays: Location, Location, Location
“A Torah scholar should not live in a town that doesn’t have a court of law, a charity fund, a ...
Beliefs & Practices, Celebrate, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Wise Fridays: Do-It-Yourself Inscribing
“Inscribe us in the Book of Life.†This must be understood in a spiritual sense. When a man clings to ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
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 ...
Wise Fridays: Do Not Despise an Egyptian
“‘Do not despise an Egyptian’…even though they threw your baby sons into the Nile. Why? Because they provided hospitality to ...
Wise Fridays: After My Death
Raba said to Rav Papa and to Rav Huna the son of Rav Joshua: When a legal decision of mine ...
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: ...
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 ...