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Kohelet, or Ecclesiastes, that sometimes-bleak but always-honest book of the Bible, wrestles with this feeling. Chapter 6, verse 2, hits hard: "A man to whom God gives wealth, asse...
Specifically, the verse in Chapter 7, verse 20: "For there is not a righteous man upon the earth, who does good, and does not sin." Is it saying that everyone messes up, regardless...
The Book of Kings tells us that Solomon "spoke three thousand proverbs" (I Kings 5:12). But wait a minute... when we actually read through the Bible, how many proverbs do we find a...
The Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet as it's known in Hebrew, wrestles with this very feeling. And one verse in particular, Kohelet 7:28, has sparked a lot of discussion: "What my ...
to Ecclesiastes 8:8: “There is no man who rules the spirit to retain the spirit, and there is no rule over the day of death. There is no release in war, and wickedness will not res...
The book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet, as it's known in Hebrew, grapples with this very feeling. "I saw all the work of God, as man is unable to discover the work that is performed ...
And they weren’t afraid to call it out. In Kohelet Rabbah, a commentary on the book of Ecclesiastes, we find a fascinating passage tied to the verse, "This, too, I have seen as wis...
It's like they're walking around with a spotlight shining on everyone else but themselves. Well, Kohelet Rabbah, the rabbinic commentary on Ecclesiastes, has some thoughts on that,...
"Distribute a portion to seven, and also to eight, as you do not know what evil will be upon the earth" (Ecclesiastes 11:2). Simple enough. But what does it mean? That’s where Kohe...
