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Summary: Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef cites Berakhot 61b. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
English translation
and the lungs draw all kinds of liquids, the liver becomes angry, the gall bladder injects a drop of gall into the liver and allays anger, the spleen laughs, the maw grinds the food, and the stomach brings sleep, and the nose awakens. If they reversed roles such that the organ which brings on sleep were to awaken, or the organ which awakens were to bring on sleep, the individual would gradually deteriorate. It was taught: If both bring on sleep or both awaken, the person immediately dies. With regard to one’s inclinations, it was taught in a baraita that Rabbi Yosei HaGelili says: The good inclination rules the righteous, as it is stated: “And my heart is dead within me” (Psalms 109:22); the evil inclination has been completely banished from his heart. The evil inclination rules the wicked, as it is stated: “Transgression speaks to the wicked, there is no fear of God before his eyes” (Ps…
Summary: Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef cites Deuteronomy לב:ד. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
English translation
The Rock!—whose deeds are perfect, Yea, all of whose ways are just; A faithful God, never false, True and upright indeed.
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Summary: Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef cites Deuteronomy ו:ה. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
English translation
You shall love the E TERNAL your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
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