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In the Talmud, Sanhedrin 24b. the rabbis take a dim view about gambling. Besides being a risky enterprise financially, and addictive, the rabbis say that the winner is really a loser. Morally speaking that is. How so? Because the fellow with the inferior ...
Gambling implies that our life is random. That everything is up to luck, and that nothing we do can necessarily create or prevent our outcome...
A casino is a carnival of human emotion. A palace of dreams made and shattered. And I was there. I was about to join in.
As early as the 15th century, Jewish people were playing cards on Chanukah and rabbis were decrying the practice.
Who are we when the lights are dim and we feel alone?
Out of nowhere a well-dressed, kind-looking woman appeared. She smiled and said, “I can lend you the money, and you can pay me back at your convenience . . .”
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