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Category Archives: Inspiration
Rashi: A Biographical Sketch of The Consummate Teacher of Israel
For it is our Life: How Torah Sustains our Better Half
Humanity’s Sole Hope: How Torah Guides the World to it’s Destiny and Saves it from Destruction
Food and Eating in Jewish Philosophy: More than Bagels and Deli
Rabbi Akiva Ben Yosef: A Biographical Sketch
Are we Better Off: Retreading the Multi-Year Debate between the Schools of Hillel and Shammai
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The rabbis taught: for two and a half years the academies of Shammai and Hillel debated, these arguing “it is preferable for man to not be created more than to be created”, and these arguing “it is preferable for man to be created more than to not be created”. They counted (voted) and concluded: “it is preferable for man to not be created more than to be created. Now that he was indeed created he should contemplate his actions. Alternatively, he should scrutinize his actions.” (Eruvin 13b)