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From a talking animal – Balaam's ass – we learn about not blaming the victim, and not putting up with abusive situations.
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Who does not have pride? Though people might keep their distance from a a chimney sweep who is covered by soot from top to toe, he might very well be saying to himself: “There is no better chimney sweep in the whole world than I.” But in last week's reading from the Torah, we learn about one man who was remarkably humble.
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True leaders demand more from themselves than from others in terms of time, efforts, and yes, even monetary contributions to the organization one leads. That's one of the lessons we learn from the Torah this week.
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This Tuesday night, the Jewish people will begin to celebrate the one-day-long biblical festival of Shavuot ( Weeks), which is focused on the Sinai Revelation – the giving of the Torah seven weeks after the Exodus. But before the Torah was revealed, humanity had another set of guidelines for living: personal etiquette
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Short of actual thievery or embezzlement, how can one defraud his fellowman in the mundane business of life? It can happen all too easily with misleading words.
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Although the commandment “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” is but one among 613 religious obligations in the Torah, it has been dubbed “The Golden Rule” or the “Super Mitzvah.” But why is it so important?
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We hear people say, "He behaves like a pig," yet we never hear people say, "He behaves like a camel" – yet the Torah forbids the Hebrews from eating both. But why does the pig have such a bad stigma? (And what's that joke about the Catholic priest and the rabbi?)
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Jewish tradition holds that the Hebrews merited their emancipation from Egypt because they remained true to their Hebrew heritage. And today, people like Daniel Pearl, the reporter who was slain in Pakistan 11 years ago, are reminders of how important heritage is.
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Is Moses, or for that matter Abraham, submissive before God, or does he live up to the idea of Yisrael, the one who struggles with God?
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In this week's reading from the Torah, we learn that even our well-intentioned actions can cause harm to others, and we need to look out for their well-being first and foremost.
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Yossi Feintuch is the rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom in Columbia and has taught classes in the religious studies department of the University of Missouri. His weekly posts are about how lessons from the Torah apply to everyone.
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Thanks Kris.
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