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Shivim Panim

JL;DR SUMMARY In the debut of Sapir's new feature "Shivim Panim," Rabba Yaffa Epstein and Rabbi David Wolpe discuss the ethical implications of paying students to study Torah. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationJewish CommunityMaimonidesTorah StudySynagogueRabbi David WolpeShivim PanimRabba Yaffa EpsteinEthical DilemmasIncentives

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"Rabbi David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles and the author, most recently, of David: The Divided Heart."
Israel
"In Israel we see the mosaics of ancient synagogues; across Europe we see the landscape of the abandoned synagogues of destroyed communities."

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