GEN472 It was taught: “Issi b. Yehudah said: ‘This is one of the ambiguous verses [“If you do well, you will be forgiven” or “You will bear your sin if you do not do well”] Yoma 52b TEMIMAH-GEN 27

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GEN473 It was taught: “The Holy One Blessed be He said to Israel: ‘I created an evil inclination, and I created an antidote to it.  If you Occupy yourself with Torah, you will not succumb to it, as it is written: “If you do well, you shall overcome,” and if not, you shall succumb to it, as it is written: “Sin lies at the door.”  What is more, all of its concourse is with you, as it is written: “And its desire is to you.”  And if you have the will, you can dominate it, as it is written: “But you can rule over it”’” Kiddushin 30b TEMIMAH-GEN 27

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GEN505 Not “your brother’s blood,” but “your brother’s bloods” – his blood and the blood of his children.  This teaches us that the laws involving murder are not like the laws involving monetary violations.  In the latter instance, one makes financial restitution and he is forgiven, but in the former, he is responsible for the blood of his victim and the blood of his unborn descendants until the end of time.  Sanhedrin 37a TEMIMAH-GEN 28

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GEN513 It was taught: “In relation to the shedding of blood it is stated: ‘My sin is too great to forgive,’ and in relation to slander Psalms 12:4: ‘The tongue that speaks great things’ – to teach us that the sin of the slanderer comes close to being as great as that of the murderer” Erchin 15b TEMIMAH-GEN 29

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GEN514 This teaches us that bloodshed is one of those sins for which punishment is exacted in this world, with the “core” remaining for the next world, as it is written: [this verse] Yerushalmi, Peah 1:1. TEMIMAH-GEN 29

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GEN524 When the son of R. Yochanan b. Zakkai died, his disciples came to console him.  R. Elazar said to him: “Adam had a son who died, and he allowed himself to be consoled for him, as it is written [this verse].  You, too, allow yourself to be consoled” Avoth de’R. Natan 14 TEMIMAH-GEN 30

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GEN545 It was taught: “R. Akiva said Leviticus 18:18: ‘And you shall love your neighbor as yourself’ – this is a great principle in the Torah.”  Ben Azai said: ‘This is the book of the generations of man’ – this is an even greater principle” Yerushalmi, Nedarim 9:4 TEMIMAH-GEN 30

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GEN549 R. Elazar said: “Anyone who does not have a wife is not a man, as it is written: “Male and female He created them, and He called their name “Man”’” Yevamot 63a TEMIMAH-GEN 31

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GEN550 It was taught: “Bet Hillel said: ‘One has not fulfilled the mitzvah of begetting children unless he has a son and a daughter, as it is written: ‘Male and female He created them’” Yevamoth 61b  TEMIMAH-GEN 31

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GEN554 It was taught: “when a righteous one enters the world, good enters the world, as it is written: [this verse].  Sanhedrin 113b TEMIMAH-GEN 32

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