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... But unable to control my desire, I gazed upon it, whereat two fiery streams issued forth, smote and blinded me in one eye. The following day I went and prostrated myself upon his grave, crying out, "It is thy Baraitha that I study!"14 and I was healed.'15 Elijah used to frequent Rabbi's academy. One day — it was New Moon — he was waiting for him, but he failed to come. Said he to him...
... Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses; Go and tell Bezalel to make me a tabernacle, an ark and vessels,21 Moses went and reversed the order, saying, Make an ark and vessels and a tabernacle. Bezalel said to him: Moses, our Teacher, as a rule a man first builds a house and then brings vessels into it; but you say, Make me an ark and vessels and a tabernacle. Where shall I put the vessels that I...
... has Titus; but Neubauer's Mediaeval Jewish Chronicles, II p. 66 has the correct reading. Quietus was a Moorish prince, appointed by Trajan to command the army which overran Babylon in 116 C.E. Rashi explains: when the Temple was destroyed. More probably it refers to the last stand against Rome under Bar Kochba in 135 C.E. In which she was conveyed to her husband's house. He was renowned for his...
... HE COHABITED WITH HER AND THEN ADDRESSED TO HER A MA'AMAR. And since he desired to teach the rule where 'he cohabited with her and then GAVE HER A LETTER OF DIVORCE' he also taught, IF THE LEVIR SUBMITTED TO HALIZAH and then GAVE HER A LETTER OF DIVORCE. IF IT TOOK PLACE13 etc. Our Mishnah cannot be reconciled with the opinion of the following Tanna: For it was taught: Abba Jose b. Johanan of...
... the Magians, in the reign of Ardashir I (226-241), severely oppressed the adherents of other creeds. V. p. 424, n. 17. Knowing as he did their intolerance and cruel religious fanaticism. Lit., 'made (himself) straight'. All hope, he felt, was not lost when concessions might be obtained by paying for them. The Parsees who were accepted by Israel as a visitation sent by the divine will for their...
... interesting situations, to be dealt with later. 3. The suppression of all references to Christ by City, State, and Federal authorities, in public documents or at public gatherings. Kehillah records show that the Jews of Oklahoma addressed a petition to the convention which formulated the first state constitution, protesting that the acknowledgement of Christ in the instrument would be repugnant to the...
.... You cannot fight with tradition -- that is fighting against yourself, it is self-destructive. You can only submit to tradition; that is wise, intelligent. To be with the crowd you are protected, you are secure, you are assured that you will not go astray." In so many ways you will be told a simple thing: Just be a coward; it pays to be cowardly. It is dangerous to be courageous, because it is...
..., man and woman, this class and that, between white and black. Everywhere there is conflict, struggle, violence, aggression, anger. Love has disappeared - and love is a basic need of humanity. So anybody who shows a little love, people become mad after him. Now there will arise many people who will show love and will dominate you. Love is now going to be the politics of the future, because people are...
... effort of the mind is to suppress anything that is painful. That's what you have done in the past, and the mind will do the same again. Then the doors of the memory will close again, and the whole thing is lost. Suffer it, and allow it to be there. It can't kill you, so don't be worried. It can be painful - it will be - but it cannot kill you. Just watch as if it is happening to somebody else. Next...
... is trying to control breathing, giving it a pattern it is the mind controlling the body. The body has its own wisdom. And the mind is very very stupid compared to the body, because it is a very late arrival and still childish; the body is very ancient. If you try something like pranayama too much, you will be absorbing too much oxygen, and you don't need it; that is creating the trouble. And too...
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