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Taking It All Personally
Jewish tradition tells us that the Second Temple was destroyed as a result of sinat chinam, or baseless hatred. We mourn this destruction officially on Tisha B’Av, the full fast that falls on August 10 next month.
While "baseless hatred" sounds like a pretty extreme transgression of the Torah, what’s the opposite quality that we should [...]
