By no longer being absorbed or caught up in and by detaching oneself from an object, the object comes into existence as an object and can be studied. Whence the development of astronomy, says Benjamin in this […]
A Gentile had challenged Shammai and Hillel to explain the Torah while standing on one foot. Shammai dismissed the challenge, while Hillel accepted though saying: “What is hateful to you, do not do to your […]
If one had to expound the teachings of antiquity with utmost brevity while standing on one leg, as did Hillel that of the Jews, it could only be in this sentence: “They alone shall possess the earth who live from […]