parshat Trumah
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What is mine is mine and what is yours is yours and yet our sages say that this view eventually leads down the Sodomite behavior. We must train ourselfs in the art of giving.
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Shlomo’s Wisdom and the Wisdom of His Gentile Friends
Our haftara begins with the statement that Hashem gave wisdom to Shlomo as he had promised (Melachim I, 5:26). The navi actually mentions Shlomo’s wisdom in several p’sukim in this section, stating that he was wiser than other famous wise men and that his wisdom was well-known throughout the world (ibid. 9-11). The wisdom being discussed is “universal” wisdom (the word being connected to the institution of a university), which was studied in the leading academic centers throughout the Middle East.
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