An age-old quandary finally solved
Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) 5:1 says:
The world was created with ten utterances.
Why ten utterances? Could it not have been created by one? Because that's what the union contract said.
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Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) 5:1 says:
The world was created with ten utterances.
Why ten utterances? Could it not have been created by one? Because that's what the union contract said.
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Ah! That clarifies it for me. Nice.
Posted by: Shira | December 15, 2008 7:21 PM