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Who is the ultimate righteous? – Part 2

After speaking of how the righteous should be the psalm goes to the point of the other side of the coin, what the righteous shouldn’t do at all, as written in psalm 15:3- “לֹא-רָגַל, עַל-לְשֹׁנוֹ–לֹא-עָשָׂה לְרֵעֵהוּ רָעָה; וְחֶרְפָּה, לֹא-נָשָׂא עַל-קְרֹבוֹ.” “That hath no slander upon his tongue, or doeth evil to his fellow, nor takes [...]

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Who is the ultimate righteous?

Psalm 15 is the one who gives us perspective on the character of the ultimate righteous. The psalm starts with a double question as written: “מִזְמוֹר, לְדָוִד:    יְהוָה, מִי-יָגוּר בְּאָהֳלֶךָ; מִי-יִשְׁכֹּן, בְּהַר קָדְשֶׁךָ” “Psalm of David. LORD, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain? This question needs to be [...]

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The time of the righteous people and the time of the evil people

One of the questions that I keep asking myself from day till night is what really God knows about us- can he tell a priori whether a man would be righteous or evil- do we have a choice, a free will, or everything is clear for him? One the metaphor that is being used is [...]

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