"If a fire breaks out and spreads through thorns..."—Exodus 22:5.
We are commanded regarding the laws [of liability] that apply if a person sets a fire [that damages another's property].
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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)
Day 245: Positive Commandment 241
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Daily Quote
A chassid is a lamplighter. The lamplighter walks the streets carrying a flame at the end of a stick. He knows that the flame is not his. And he goes from lamp to lamp to set them alight.
–Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch
The Parshah