Daniel Friedman is a professor of Political Science at Touro University Lander Colleges and a member of the rabbinic team at Park East Synagogue.
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The ultimate insult was that the very identity the original Irish had fought to preserve was now being co-opted and celebrated, but in a way that removed its political and historical significance. The newcomers had taken what they once tried to erase and sinisterly made it their own.
If a person is wealthy enough to own a field, why would he think that he would be able to keep the corner of the field, which is designated for poor people? Presumably, he would be excluded from the corner of any field, let alone his own!
Especially given our Western culture, it’s spiritually far healthier to get married in one’s early twenties, as most frum people today do. But then you’re stuck working in the opposite direction of the Torah’s formula! As a community, is there any way we can get back on track?
An individual who is miserly and jealous of others’ material prosperity will not truly want them to be blessed.
Many people have asked me to comment on Miriam Anzovin’s Daf Reactions on TikTok.


