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how much is any life worth?

Posted on 2009/12/05 by davka

redeem­ing pris­on­ers The val­ue of פדיון שבויים‎ (Pidy­on Shvuy­im, the redemp­tion of pris­on­ers) is very impor­tant in Jew­ish life. Mai­monides states that it takes prece­dence over sup­port­ing the poor or cloth­ing them… because the prob­lems of the cap­tive include those … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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for multiple transgressions of…

Posted on 2009/08/13 by davka

…it’s time to keep this more read­i­ly avail­able. The words of Amos, who was among the writ­ers of Tel Aviv, which he saw, con­cern­ing Israel in the days of Cas­tro, Sartre, Rus­sell and all the rest… The fol­low­ing text appeared in … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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