“He [Rabbi Yehoshua] used to say: a pious fool, a cunning evildoer, an ascetic…
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The Bare Torah: Sotah 21
In our last post we discussed the view of Rabbi Eliezer that one who teaches his daughter Torah is…
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Our Daughter's Torah: Sotah 21
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is this notion that lay at the heart of one of the most…
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Time for Carpool: Sotah 20
For most people carpool is a scheduling nuisance, one of those necessary but unwanted jobs of…
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VaYetze: Sisters In Love
One could hardly find fault with the claim that sibling rivalry is the major theme of Sefer…
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A Holy Sinner: Sotah 15
Just this week an Ontario Court ruled that a 19 year old convicted of first degree murder of a…
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What a Beginning: Sotah 14
What a Beginning!: Sotah 14 “Rav Simlai expounded: The Torah begins…
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Sotah 14: Where is Moshe Buried?
As we end the first chapter of masechet Sotah (and as discussed in our
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Sotah 12: The Heroics of Miriam
"In the measure that a person measures so it is measured to him. She [the sotah…
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The Potential Rewards of Sin (Sotah 7b)
Our Sages were great realists. They understood the complexities of the human condition…
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Chayei Sarah: Mourning for Mother
"And Abraham said to his servant of the household. I bind you by an oath that you will not…
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Home Alone? (Sotah 7)
The Mishna is almost exclusively a legal code and like all codes displays little 'emotion'…
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Adultery and Washing One's Hands (Sotah 4)
Jewish law and thought covers all aspects of life and that means nothing is beyond the purview of…
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You Get What You Deserve (Sotah 2)
The opening lines of a book are meant to set the tone of the book - providing background,…
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The 5% Tuition Solution
With the busy Yom Tov season, I would not be surprised if many missed what is…