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time for pruning

Posted on 2011/10/12 by davka

the days grow short, the moon fills and begins to wane. The date clus­ters hang ready. Come with me to the oasis. The late sum­mer har­vest has begun. I sort the fruit of my past year’s labor. The fruit is full and sweet. I look … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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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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