The Ills of Envy and its Remedy

This Jewish Life - By Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe by TORCH

Jun 1, 202643:58Religion & Spirituality

Envy is a deadly sin, and it’s almost entirely unavoidable. Our Sages that “Envy extracts a person from the world.” It causes a person to be severed from the world. But there is so much cause for envy wherever we turn. I...

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