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“Hafo’kh ba vahafo’kh ba dekula ba”: Turn its pages, turn them again and again, for everything is there in the Torah. The Ethics of our Fathers quotes these words of Ben Bag Bag to illustrate the immensity as well as the diversity of knowledge contained in the Torah, also known as the Chumash (Five) or the “Five Books of Moses.” All knowledge received or acquired and which is necessary for man to define the meaning of life, whether individually or as part of society, can be found in the Torah. It is no surprise that so many sages dedicated […]

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