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Avot with Commentary
Kehot Avot with Commentary
Ethics 5:1
The world was created with ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance...
Good Tests v. Bad Tests
Good Tests v. Bad Tests
Ethics 5:3
The Jews tested G-d, and incurred His wrath. But G-d Himself set the example, by testing Abraham. Is this hypocrisy?
Twilight’s Ten Creations
Twilight’s Ten Creations
Ethics 5:6
According to the Mishnah, “Ten things were created at twilight.” What is twilight, and what is its significance?
Don't Be Fair
Don't Be Fair
Ethics 5:10
What were the sins of Sodom? In the English language, the name of the city is synonymous with sexual perversion. But the traditional Jewish sources -- the Talmud, Midrashim and the Commentaries -- have a different angle on the Sodom story
A Higher Giving

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