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Like One Man With One Heart

How to Fulfill the Mitzvah of 'You Shall Love Your Fellow as Yourself': Commenting on the fact that Shemot 19:2 describes Am Yisrael using the plural וַיַּחֲנוּ (and they encamped) and then just two words later describes it using the singular וַיִּחַן (and it encamped), Rashi famously writes that they had achieved a level of...

How Was R' Akiva Able to Return in Peace?

How Was R' Akiva Able to Return in Peace?

Passing Through the Three Evil Klipot to Merit Prophecy: Yechezkel ha-Navi describes in great detail the 'prophetic journey' that one must go on in order to receive nevuah. He begins his description with these words (Yechezkel 1:4): וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה רוּחַ סְעָרָה בָּאָה מִן־הַצָּפוֹן עָנָן גָּדוֹל וְאֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּחַת וְנֹגַהּ לוֹ סָבִיב וּמִתּוֹכָהּ כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַל מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ...