Faith is Not an Easy Thing
From the blog of Mordechai Silverstein at The Times of Israel
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From the blog of Mordechai Silverstein at The Times of Israel
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, Chapter 14, in this week’s parshah, ostensibly opens with a verse which limits the religious propriety of injuring one’s body as an expression of mourning: “You are children of the Lord your God. You shall not gash yourselves (lo titgodidu) nor make a bald spot on the front of your head ...