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6 on a scale of 1 to 10?

Posted on 2011/10/06 by davka

judge every­one, how? In Pirke Avot 1:6, R. Joshua ben Per­achi­ah says: והוי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות The phrase is var­i­ous­ly trans­lat­ed as: judge every man in the scale of mer­it judge every man towards mer­it Judge every per­son favor­ably Give … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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let us make light

Posted on 2010/09/30 by davka

a can­dle light­ing kavanah in hon­or of shab­bat of bereishit As our week ends, we focus on how our own lives mir­ror cos­mic events. Shab­bat now begins. We have com­plet­ed a full week of cre­ation. Now we focus inward for a short … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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