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baseless hatred is equal or even worse than illicit relations, murder, idol worship
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be above suspicion in the eyes of God and fellow man
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desire and struggle for power by Nechonyon and Shimon, sons of Shimon Hatzadik, led to idolatry
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embarrassing misers who use wood of the altar instead of their own wood
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idolators demand one person for execution or everyone will be killed, forbidden unless he was guilty, related stories
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idolators demand one woman submit to relations, or they will force all of them, one woman was already defiled or a Canaanite, how to react
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Jews donated to build the golden calf and later repented by donating to build the Tabernacle
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Jews of good character donated to build the Tabernacle, the whole nation donated to build the golden calf
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Jews rose early for corruption, individual Jews rose early to do good, Zephaniah 3:7, Genesis 22:3
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Moshe had to lead the Jews in prayers of thanks at the Red Sea, all Jews raised their voices and wept after hearing the slanderous report of the spies
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Moshe had to lead the Jews to Mount Sinai, Jews all came together on their own to promote the evil of sending the spies
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mother struggling in labor, saving mother’s life by killing unborn or partially born baby?
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one being honored for a untrue reason (such as knowing 2 tractates) should decline the honor and correct the mistake
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one kohen killed another while racing up the ramp, kohanim more concerned about impurity than murder, Ethics
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one’s action should find favor in the eyes of God and his fellow man
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people, similar to weasels spend their whole life amassing wealth that others will enjoy
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Rabbi Akiva seemed to be disrespectful to his teacher Rabbi Eliezer, but was actually reminding him of his previous opinion
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Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair, diligence, cleanliness, purity, holiness, humility, fear of sin, piety, divine inspiration, resurrection of the dead, Elijah the prophet,
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Rabbi Yochanan revealed the secret cure of tzifdonah despite being told it by the daughter of the Roman general Demityanus of Tiberias who demanded he not reveal it
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refraining from doing a harmless act (taking a toothpick of wood) because if everyone did it harm would be caused
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responsible if one had a chance of protesting and didn’t
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robbing someone to save one’s life, permitted?
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sages are not pleased when a person accepts repayment for a stolen item, it deters repentance
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sages are pleased when someone accepts the validity of a transaction, even if formal act of acquisition didn’t take place
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sages are pleased when someone repays a debt to the son of a convert who died
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sages are pleased when someone repays a debt which was cancelled by shemittah
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silence, proper for the wise, certainly for fools
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someone who conducts business verbally and doesn’t keep his word, displeases the sages, or draws a rabbinic censure
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Temple bathroom, when door was closed it was assumed someone was inside, door open meant not in use
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to endanger one's own life in order to save someone else (story with Raish Lakish)
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Yose ben Simlai paid non Jewish fire fighters for their offer to extinguish a fire on Shabbos, Rabbi Yonah offered to repay their loss