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The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel.
Listen to this, O elders,
Give ear, all inhabitants of the land.
Has the like of this happened in your days
Or in the days of…
Then, with the whole congregation of Israel standing, the king faced about and blessed the whole congregation of Israel. He said: “Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with…
A poem by King Hezekiah of Judah when he recovered from the illness he had suffered:
I had thought:
I must depart in the middle of my days;
I have been consigned to the gates of Sheol
For the rest…
And therefore, with that, I, the young man, said that I will make a little book of my “Hymns for the Cantor with My Tunes” for the public benefit. Perhaps the one who makes use of them will do so for…
God created man so that man might know His majesty, which is the highest good: knowing Him, being able to love Him, and loving Him, being able to possess…
There was once a king who built a beautiful palace and hired two painters to paint it to the best of their abilities. He would pay them well.
And the painters said, “We will work diligently and…
You’re so brave, you camp-followers of Cain—
after Baudelaire, yet! Shit-shoveling first father,
your visa was validated
when that cretinous cudgel whammed the wandering
flock’s shepherd, that day…
As in the case of Israel and the Torah, so in the case of G-d there are the apparent or conceivable attributes, and the hidden or inconceivable attributes.What is conceivable of the Divine Being is…
The prophet Hosea cried out: Come, let us turn back to the Lord; He attacked, and He can heal us; He wounded, and He can bind us up. In two days He will make us whole again; on the third day He will…
One who exchanges good for bad and bad for good, and says that transgressions are really virtuous deeds, and that it is by this means that one can bring the Will of the Creator to fruition—such an…