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#525: In Praise of Ordinary People

#525: In Praise of Ordinary People

Ralbag on Haftarat Shelaḥ Lekha, Joshua 2:1

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During the 1911 garbage collector strike in New York City, striking sanitation workers dumped their horse carts of trash in the middle of the street. 72nd St. and 1st Ave.

Joshua 2:1

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ־בִּן־נ֠וּן מִֽן־הַשִּׁטִּ֞ים שְׁנַֽיִם־אֲנָשִׁ֤ים מְרַגְּלִים֙ חֶ֣רֶשׁ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְכ֛וּ רְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאֶת־יְרִיח֑וֹ וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ וַ֠יָּבֹ֠אוּ ב…

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