Is your favorite season the bright, sunny days of the summer? Or is it the glorious colorful scenes of the fall?
Growing up with cold Canadian winters, we longed for the summer months and somewhat dreaded the inevitable onset of the winter. And yet there was something cozy about cuddling indoors as the wind howled during those harsh, snowy nights.
This week we read about the matriarchs...
Rabbi Akiva stated, “Who is a rich man? One who has a wife full of beautiful deeds” (Shabbat 25b).
The commentaries explain that Rabbi Akiva was reflecting on his spiritual fortune, as opposed to material wealth. (Maharatz Chayot and Maharsha ibid.)
Akiva was a shepherd for one of the wealthiest men in Jerusalem, Kalba Savua. When his daughter, Rachel, saw that Akiva was modest and of fine...
A programmer’s wife tells him: “Run to the store and pick up a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen.”
The programmer comes home with 12 loaves of bread.
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