Tag: Gates of Prayer
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Shabbat shalom
This is the way of Torah: you shall eat a morsel of bread with salt, drink a measure of water, sleep on the ground, and live a life of hardship as you toil in the Torah. If you do this, “Happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.” (Psalm 128:2) From “Chapters […]
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Shabbat shalom
According to the labor is the reward. Rabbi Ben Hei Hei, from “Chapters of the Fathers,” in Gates of Prayer, Chaim Stern, ed., Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1975, 26.
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Shabbat shalom
Every controversy conducted for God’s sake will in the end prove fruitful; every controversy not conducted for God’s sake will in the end prove fruitless. From “Chapters of the Fathers,” in Gates of Prayer, Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1975, 26.
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Shabbat shalom
There are four types of character among human beings: some say: ‘What is mine is mine and what is yours is yours’ – they are the average type, though some consider them callous, like the citizens of Sodom. Some say: ‘What is mine is yours and what is yours is mine’ – they are stupid. […]
Matters of Interpretation 