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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...
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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?
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Ethics 5:6
According to the Mishnah, “Ten things were created at twilight.” What is twilight, and what is its significance?
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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
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Right now, he acts stingily. Somewhere, deep inside, hides his inner philanthropist.
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