THE GEOMETRIC EFFECT OF YAVNEH
Rabbi Dunner shares a strange anecdote from Talmud Yerushalmi, referencing a pasuk in Parshat Chukkat. How does Rabbi Yehoshua ben Kabsoi resolve a lifelong difficulty with this pasuk via the yeshiva in Yavneh that was established by Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai? Rav Meir Shapira of Lublin offers a beautiful explanation.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Aristotle noted that “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” But who nowadays has the time for that? Introspection is so sedentary –... Read More