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There is a Gemara in Yoma 39b that states that Shimon HaTzaddik had foretold of his impending demise in conversation with his associates. “How do you know this?” they asked. He said, “Every Yom Kippur, I would be met by an elderly individual who was entirely clothed and wrapped in white. He would enter the […] ....
By Yochanan Gordon One of the interesting features of the event of Mattan Torah, which we read about in last week’s parashah, was the description of the nation seeing the sounds and hearing the sights. I have heard an attempt to suggest that they had experienced some form of synesthesia where a person’s senses become […] ....
Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, “Two things can be true at once” is one of my favorite expressions. While this particular formulation belongs to political commentator Ben Shapiro, I feel that it is a uniquely Jewish concept. Our tradition is chock-full of dualities, and truth, through its ancient-modern lens, is seen as a multi-faceted entity. From the general construct of the “Pardes” (Peshat, Remez, Derush, Sod) approach to Torah interpretation to the more specific credo of “Eilu v’eilu divrei Elokim chayim” (“these and those are the words of the Living God”) applied in both halachic and hashkafic disagreements, Judaism trains us to think in a nuanced, big-picture fashion. Treating ....