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Summary: Issi [Joseph] ben Judah cites Pesachim 113b. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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When the tanna taught this baraita before Rava and Rav Safra, Rav Safra’s face lit up with joy, as he was listed among those praised by God. Rava said to him: This does not refer to someone like the Master. Rather, the statement applies to people like Rav Ḥanina and Rav Oshaya, who were cobblers in Eretz Yisrael, and they would sit in the marketplace of prostitutes and fashion shoes for prostitutes. And the prostitutes would enter their shops and look at them. However, due to their piety, these Sages did not raise their eyes to look at the women. And those prostitutes were so impressed with this behavior that when they swore, they would say as follows: By the lives of the holy Sages of Eretz Yisrael. It is this type of bachelor who is praised by Heaven. The Gemara cites a similar statement. The Holy One, Blessed be He, loves three people: One who does not get angry; one who does not get…
Summary: Issi [Joseph] ben Judah cites Menachot 18a. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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And Rabbi Yehuda holds that the Rabbis and Rabbi Eliezer disagree only in those cases, where one’s intention is to drink the blood or burn the meat of the offering. In those cases, the Rabbis deem the offering fit, since the improper intention involves making use of the item in an unusual manner. But if one’s intention is to leave of its blood until the next day, everyone agrees that the offering is unfit. What is the reason for this? It is a rabbinic decree disqualifying the offering when some of its blood is left over until the next day due to the concern that a priest may intend to leave over all of its blood, and if one’s intention is to leave all of its blood until the next day, the offering is rendered unfit by Torah law. As it is taught in a baraita : Rabbi Yehuda said to the Rabbis: Do you not concede to me that if he left the blood until the next day without presenting it, that…
Summary: Issi [Joseph] ben Judah cites Deuteronomy יח:יג. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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You must be wholehearted with the E TERNAL your God.
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Summary: Issi [Joseph] ben Judah cites Daniel ו:ד. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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This man Daniel surpassed the other ministers and satraps by virtue of his extraordinary spirit, and the king considered setting him over the whole kingdom.
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Summary: Issi [Joseph] ben Judah cites Psalms קיט:צז. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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מ O how I love Your teaching! It is my study all day long.
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Summary: Issi [Joseph] ben Judah cites Psalms כג:ה. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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You spread a table for me in full view of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my drink is abundant.
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