Josef said to the wife of Potiphar who was trying to seduce him: How can I do this great evil and sin against God? (Genesis 39:9)
Since she’d be cheating on her husband and committing the sin of adultery, Josef should have said: How could WE do this great evil and sin against God?
Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Peshischa answered that Josef didn’t want to put himself together with her at all – even in mere speech.
“I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob…” (Exodus 6:3). This seems to be a very straightforward and unambiguous statement by God to Moses.
“You don’t learn by having faith. You learn by questioning, by challenging, by re-examining everything you’ve ever believed. And yet, all this is a matter
“You have enough. Circle the mountain and turn to the north” (Deuteronomy 2:3). Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, in his commentary Kli Yakar, spins this verse
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Amen