"When Rabbi Meir died, the last of the great makers of parables died with him. When Ben Azzai died diligent students ceased to exist. When Hanina ben Dosa died, men of courage would no longer lead. When Rabbi Akiba died, those who know how to honor the Torah disappeared." -conclusion of Sotah
We live at a time when our impoverishment of spirituality and learning must not impede our hunger to grow in knowledge and morality.
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