Our rabbis taught: When Rabbi Elazar ben Perata and R. Hanina b. Teradion were arrested, Rabbi Elazar ben Perata said to Rabbi Hanina ben Teradion: Happy are you, for you have been arrested on one charge; woe is me, for I have been arrested on five charges.
Hanina replied: Happy are you, for you have been arrested on five charges, but you will be saved; woe is me who was arrested on one charge and I will not be saved; for you have occupied yourself with the study of Torah and acts of loving kindness, whereas I occupied myself with Torah alone. -Talmud, Avodah Zarah 17
In our ancient tradition there are two imperatives:
1. Learn. Grow. Be open to new Torah knowledge and actively seek it out.
2. Be in the world, working every day to make it kinder, better. Be the embodiment of the Living Torah.
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