Tagged Talmudic law

‘Touch not mine anointed ones’
December 31, 2012 / Moshe Sokolow, Jewish Ideas Daily

(Jewish Ideas Daily) — Since the news of the Newtown massacre and its heartbreaking aftermath, an extraordinary talmudic passage has been reverberating in my mind. In answer to the speculative theological question of what occupies God all day, the Talmud, as interpreted by Rashi, declares that “there are twelve… Read more »