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This post is predicated on a basic familiarity with the two levels of doing a mitzvah or learning Torah: lishmah (for its own sake) and she...

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Pink Hair As many of you know, I am a full-time teacher at a Modern Orthodox Jewish high school. Yesterday we had our end-of-the-year f...

משלי יג:טו שֵׂכֶל טוֹב יִתֶּן חֵן וְדֶרֶךְ בֹּגְדִים אֵיתָן : Mishlei 13:15 A good intellect bestows grace, but the way of the violent is ...

משלי יח:כג תַּחֲנוּנִים יְדַבֶּר רָשׁ וְעָשִׁיר יַעֲנֶה עַזּוֹת: Mishlei 18:23 A poor man speaks [with] supplications, and a rich man responds...