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God Squad

Rabbi Marc Gellman God Squad

Rabbi Marc Gellman writes about religion for Newsday.

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 Why does the Talmud (the post- biblical work that codified rabbinic Judaism) say that a Jewish father must teach his son three things: to earn a living, to study Torah each day, and to swim? It's this last one that doesn't fit. The usual answer offered to me is "to save a life." I've pondered this for many of my 83 years. My own interpretation is that the "letting go" process that finally overcomes...

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