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“And wine that gladdens the heart of man.”
I was afraid of the dark as a child and slept with a night light on for longer than I would like to admit. It was as if the glow of the low watt bulbs could protect me from whatever imagined demons inhabited my dreams. In today’s Daf Yomi reading we are told Passover is a night that is
“guarded from demons and harmful spirits of all kinds.”
We are told that Passover is a night when someone who is afraid of the dark can finally turn off all the lights and fall into a deep sleep. It is the night when our ancestors were liberated from slavery and protected from the plagues that God brought upon Egypt: blood, frogs, lice, flies, pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the most devastating of all – the killing of firstborn sons.
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“Will he even force the queen before me in the house?”
Did you ever have one of those magical lunches with a good friend that went on for hours? The friend was someone you had not seen in a long time and you had decades to catch up on over a good bottle of wine and an exquisite fish dish. As the hours progressed from one to another, the sky started dimming and early dusk was on the heels of the day. There was something special about these lunches as the conversation traced the changing light.
Today the Daf Yomi discusses a debate between two Rabbis who have a difference of opinion on what to do if their long lunch ran over into early evening, when one should be preparing for the Shabbat meal. If the afternoon meal flowed into the evening one, should they stand up, clear the table, say a blessing, and reset for the evening meal? Or should they stay where they are and continue with their conversation and simply refill their wine glass and bread basket? I have never been able to
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Jan. 29, 2021
A half-truth is more dangerous than a lie, the author Maxim Gorky was credited as saying. The economic plan that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yisrael Katz recently released suffers from this ailment precisely. Many statements in it are true, but only half-true – and the distinguished gentlemen, including economics professor Avi Simhon, who presented it are hiding the other half from the public.
The plan, which is basically a presentation of a few slides, opens with a quote from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin, who supports increasing public expenditures. Based on her position, U.S. President Joe Biden announced an economic plan equivalent to 8.6% of America’s GDP.