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If one gets nothing out of studying Talmud, he will conclude that rabbis are very curious people. Those in the time of the Talmudic period tried to understand the behavior of every animal, crop, and atmospheric event. There are detailed discussions on how various things work and their relation to Jewish law. The same is true today, as rabbis need to understand advanced machinery used in food preparation for the purpose of kosher certification. A recent meeting discussed medical issues as they relate to Jewish law, and many rabbinical responses have been written on COVID and potential human cloning.

There is a discussion in the Talmud about sheep. It is noted that there is often a sheepdog that guards and leads the pack. So one of the rabbis asks what happens in the case where the dog is blind. The conclusion is that it will take the sheep to a bad place, like over a cliff. The analogy is then used for our leaders: what happens when our leaders are bad? The rabbis conclude that a generation gets the leaders it deserves.

I don’t watch award shows, like most normal people. Overly pampered, clueless, hyper-wealthy fools praising one another seems like a snoozer. While I did not watch the Grammys, I did see a comment from one of the prize recipients. Billie Eilish, whose music I don’t know, commented after winning Best Song of the Year, “No one is illegal in a stolen land.” Now, this is a very revealing statement. Sure, most of the “winners” denounced ICE. But Ms. Eilish is working on the claim that the entire U.S. is one big piece of stolen land. Now, I don’t know how she could square the Louisiana Purchase and the Alaska Purchase with “stolen.” If a person goes to a store and buys beer, no security guard is going to run after him and claim that the beer is stolen. Obviously, Ms. Einstein would argue that the........

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