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“And G-d said to Abram; go from your land, your birthplace and from the home of your father” (Breisheet 12:1). Rashi…
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Jewish law rules that when one must “desecrate” the Shabbat in order to save a life it is the greatest scholar present who should…
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While it was Rav Yehuda Hanassi who edited the Mishna it is the teachings of Rav Meir, who lived in the generation prior, that form the basis…
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“For there is no righteous person in the land who does [only] good and does not sin” (Kohelet 7:20). Sinning is part and parcel of…
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One of the long standing debates in ethical theory is whether it is actions or intentions that determines the ethical probity of our actions. There…
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When one thinks of the mitzvoth dependent on the land of Israel we think of the agricultural laws of the Torah; terumah, maaser, shmittaand the…
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After discussing the general topic of nedarim, vows, the Mishna moves to a most specific form of a vow, that of a nazir. The…