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It's no wonder that when the Torah emphasizes the importance of actively fulfilling the core value of justice, it repeats it twice.
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On Root / Calling the fink phone using the Holy Tongue
Judaism has frowned on gossip for eons, prompting the modern Israeli to give the taxman's tax-cheating hotline an unflattering name.
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The root sh-l-m is most famous for the Israeli greeting (and farewell) Shalom! But it ranges far and wide, from peace to fool.
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The central act that is expressed in the root k-b-sh is to 'press down, tread underfoot.' Then the political problems start.
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