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Learn Talmud – Tractate Berachot – Lesson 12 Daf 5b (Using Koren Talmud) – Suffering and Sensitivity

Holiness and Sensitivity

Rabbi Yochanan and other Sages of the Talmud teach us lessons in suffering and sensitivity. Suffering is by no means something that any person in the world wants. In fact, it is not only that suffering is of little interest to us, but we can assume that even if afflictions of any kind bring with them some kind of reward, we want neither the suffering, nor the reward!

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Shaarei Kedushah – Gates of Holiness – Lesson 2 – Body and Soul

Anatomy

Rabbi Chaim Vital teaches us that the body is simply a garment for the soul. The soul is essential. The body is secondary. It is there to allow the soul to express itself. The Torah is composed of 613 Mitzvot – 248 positive commandments and 365 negative commandments. The soul’s spiritual makeup is made in this way, and the body is made as a perfect fit for the purpose of the soul.

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