A Time to Love and a Time for War Says Ecclesiastes

Kohelet Rabbah 8:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

A time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace” (Ecclesiastes 3:8). “A time to love,” in peacetime, “and a time to hate,” in wartime; “a time for war,” in wartime, “and a time for peace,” in peacetime.

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