Tag: Bar Kamza
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The Destructive Power of Speech
This time of year my thoughts turn back to a favorite story from the Talmud, the story of Bar Kamza. In the Jewish calendar we are approaching Tisha B’Av (the Ninth of Av), the date traditionally associated with the destruction of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 586 BCE and again…
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