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Where Wisdom Is Widespread
by Rabbi Mendel Weinbach

Ten measures of wisdom descended to the world. Eretz Yisrael took nine of them, and one [was taken by] the entire world.

(Kiddushin 49b)

Wisdom is defined by Rashi (on the above quoted Gemara) as pertaining to both Torah and worldly matters.

Nowhere else do we find Rashi incorporating worldly matters into the definition of the word wisdom used by the Talmudic Sages.

The ten measures of wisdom, explains Iyun Yaakov, descended to the world at the time of creation, as indicated by the number ten which corresponds to the ten Divine statements which brought about Creation. At the time of Creation, the Torah had not yet been given to man. The wisdom which descended from the Creator to man could therefore not refer to Torah alone, but also to worldly matters such as business and vocations. These matters are a necessary complement to Torah study, since one who studies Torah also needs a source of livelihood.

 

Learning the Land

IntroductionEretz YisraelMedinat Yisrael – The State of IsraelEretz HaMuvtachat – The Promised LandEretz Kena’anYerushalayim(Jerusalem)Hebron  (Chevron)Beit Lechem (Bethlehem) Tel Aviv-Jaffa Sage on the Bridge Aware through the Air Worth Moving For Otherworldly Experiences Eretz Avoteinu – Land of Our FathersThe Dear and Cherished LandEretz HaChayim – Land of the LivingEretz Rechavah – The Spacious LandBeit El Haifa (Chaifah)Modi’in Tiberias (Tiveriyah) First in Creation Land of the Deer Stones of Substance Eretz Tovah – The Good LandMoledet – The HomelandThe Land That Has EverythingThe Peaceful LandTzefat (Safed)Jericho (Yericho)Ashdod Ashkelon Where the Good Gold Is Four Cubits to Eternity By Any Other Name Matanah Tovah – The Good GiftLand of the Perfect MatchMa’aravah – The Western LandRoad to Reward – The World to ComeBeit Shean Antipatris Tzippori Beit She’arim Share in the Land The Motive of Moshe The Good LandShomron – The Mountain of ShemerRemembering the Land Giving Expression to Love Peki’in Ein Gedi Beit Shemesh Beersheva The Walled Cities of Eretz Yisrael Yavneh Gilgal – The First Korban Pesach in the Land We Love Akko

Lessons of the Land

IntroductionGateway to Heaven Where Wisdom Is Widespread Enough to Be Thankful For The Torah and the Land Gagot Tzerifin and Ayin Sukar: Two Places, Two Grains, Two Holidays Yam Hamelach (The Dead Sea) Nehar HaYarden (Jordan River)Yam Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)Measure for Measure The Merit System A Desirable Portion The Heavenly Gift Price of Prosperity Mount Tavor Azaikah Lod Eilat The Missing Ingredient Mitzvah Monopoly The Great Lover of the Land Home Is Where the Heart Is Har HaZeitim (Mount of Olives)Har HaTzofim (Mount Scopus)Tifrach Why Cry? – A Tale of Two Cities Where Angels Fear to Tread The Critical Condition Indirect Vandalism Zichron Yaakov Motza Tekoah Nov The Loftiest Level Shiloh Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival Telz Stone – Kiryat Yearim Ein CharodMount GilboaShunemEin Dor Glossary


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