The Life-Giving Property of Torah (6:7)

Eternal Ethics - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe by TORCH

May 20, 20261:06:54Religion & Spirituality

The thing that we crave more than anything else is life. We all want life. We all flee from curtailing of – or danger to – our life. How do we indeed get life? In this wonderful Mishnah we learn how Torah bestows life –...

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