By Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein In this essay, we discuss six different words that mean “wet” in Hebrew: lach, ratuv, ra’anan, rutfash, tofeach, and mefulam. While on the surface, all these words seem to mean the same thing which would make them synonyms we will delve into how these words were used and consider how each of […]
With the last of the pairs (zugot), Hillel and Shammai - "The Fathers of the World," as the Talmud rightly calls them (see Appendix 1) - this essay descends from the sacred realm of Scripture, which, through the means of perfecting a holy book, has made it evident how humanity advances in the divine nature of God's Commandments