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modern day application of this principle, painting a used car to make it more attractive. On one hand, the year and model of the car is always stated, so there is no fundamental deception involved. Moreover, most serious purchasers will have a car inspected and a mechanic will be able to determine if there is any severe damage. Nevertheless, when

As stated in subsection 11, the prohibition refers only to a fellow Jew. There are, however, prohibitions against deceiving a gentile. See

But I think Rashi’s logic in this description of the staff doing the swallowing suggests a different answer to the Omnipotence Paradox. Could God create a boulder so heavy God could not pick it up? God could… and then God could pick it up.

But Moshe had badly overestimated the organizational power of country Jewish rabbis, and most of the notices were lost in the ongoing rush of death notices, bar mitzvah commitments, once-in-a-lifetime sales, kosher cow-slaughtering requests, tallit-making services, business-dispute refereeing, mohel (circumcision) mix-ups, and marriage-arrangement

All the heavenly constellations are directed and governed by tzedakah, charity. It is through charity that all blessings flow into the world. But only on Shabbat are the blessings perfect. Shabbat is the embodiment of faith. The main significance of charity is that it is an expression of faith. This is why the true radiance of the light of charity

Judah is the first person in the Torah to achieve perfect repentance (teshuva gemura), defined by the sages as one who finds himself in a situation to repeat an earlier sin but who does not do so because he is now a changed person.

G-d-fearing person, [moreover,] should even uphold any resolves he makes in his heart.8 [For example,] a person thought and decided in his heart to sell an article [to a colleague] at a specific price. The colleague did not know of his decision and [therefore] offered a greater sum. [The seller] should take only the sum he decided in his heart to

Ibid.:a, thus creating the mistaken impression that the waste has been separated from the entire quantity.