What to Look for in the Assembly of Friends
Article No. 30, 1988 Our sages said (Avot, Chapter 1:6), “Make for yourself a rav [teacher], buy yourself a friend, […]
Article No. 30, 1988 Our sages said (Avot, Chapter 1:6), “Make for yourself a rav [teacher], buy yourself a friend, […]
Article No. 29, 1988 Our sages write in [Masechet] Ketubot: “Rabbi Hiya Bar Ashi said, ‘Rav said, ‘All infertile trees in
Article 28, 1988 Midrash Rabbah, Ruth (Chapter 2:11) asks, “One verse says, ‘For the Lord will not abandon His people and will not
Article No. 27, 1988 Our sages said (Sotah 5), “Any person in whom there is crassness, the Creator said, ‘He and
Article No. 26, 1988 It is known that “law” means without intellect, meaning above reason. That is, there is no
Article No. 25, 1988 Our sages said (Masechet Avoda Zarah, p 2), “In the future, the Creator brings a book
Article No. 24, 1988 It is written (Deuteronomy 29:28), “The concealed things belong to Lord our God, and the revealed
Article No. 23, 1988 It is written in Pesachim (p 50), “Rabbi Yehuda said, ‘Rav said, ‘One should always engage in Torah
Article 22, 1988 It is written in The Zohar (BaHar, Item 67), “A complete righteous—all his merits are above, and his iniquities
Article 21, 1988 It is written in the Midrash (VaYikra, Chapter 6): “Our sages say, ‘The nations of the world