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R. Elie Kaunfer: Who By Fire? The Most Controversial Prayer in Jewish Life

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I'm Dust and Ashes, I'll Return Israel to Their Place

The mijrash imagines this story being told when various heroes of the Jewish people are arguing for Israel to be saved. And as a result, Yachob is in bed with Lea. She says if I a person of flesh and blood Rahel is saying if I didn't have jealousy for my sister and I didn't cause her shame, right? How hard was it for Rahel to do this? If I went through this, the tell, I'm a kind of but you eternal living king who is merciful. What should you be jealous about idols which have nothing to them at all? Right? So there's like an amazing subversion here of I'm calling

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