Day: June 5, 2020
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Shabbat shalom
The rabbis say there are four temperaments: easily angered, easily appeased – the loss is offset by the gain; hard to anger, hard to appease – the gain is offset by the loss; hard to anger, easily appeased – a saint; easily angered, hard to appease – wicked. From “Chapters of the Fathers” in Gates […]
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Reflecting on Proverbs 1
We are studying Proverbs 1, with attention to verses 1-4, 7-8, 10, 20-22, and 32-33, for Sunday, June 8. This is the introduction to the Biblical book of Proverbs (mishlei), which sets up the themes of the collection, and gives us a long parental warning about not being fools and a lecture from Woman Wisdom […]
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Studying Proverbs 1
We are studying Proverbs 1, with emphasis on verses 1-4, 7-8, 10, 20-22, and 32-33, for Sunday, June 8. This introduction to the Biblical book of Proverbs (mishlei) begins a four-week series of lessons on Proverbs, which leads in to a look at wisdom texts in the gospels and the book of James. [Some questions […]
Matters of Interpretation 