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How Do You Assess the Value of a Mitzvah? The Case of Shabbos vs. Sexual Morality and Murder 1 Citation Be as careful with a minor commandment as with a major one, since you do not know the reward for the commandments. Assess the loss incurred in a good deed against its reward and the gain in sin against its loss. (Mishnah Avos 2, 1)R. Sa?adia Gaon writes:We know that the transgression is not severe by the fact that the punishment is not severe...We know that the transgression is severe because the punishment is severe i.e. kares, excision, misah bi?ye?dei shamayim ? death by an act of heaven and, technorati.com
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?Aleinu: U?moshav Ye?Karo or Kisei Khe?vo?do? 1 Citation Someone asked on my previous post on ?Aleinu:1 - What is the meaning of U?moshav Ye?Karo, the seat of His homage is in the heavens?2 - Why do some not say it?This is the nusach in the Siddurim of R. Amram Gaon and R. Sa?adia Gaon. The Tur (Orach Chaim , Siman 133) mentions that some say, v?kisei khe?vo?do (Mahzor Roma), but that U?mosahv Ye?Karo should be said because the Sefer Hekhalos has the nusach, U?moshav Ye?Karo.The combination of kisei and kavod is common in Tanach. Two examples:Tehil, technorati.com
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