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#553: Nature or Nurture?

#553: Nature or Nurture?

Rashi on the Second Haftarah of Admonition

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The double helix of DNA

Jeremiah 2:21

וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ נְטַעְתִּ֣יךְ שׂוֹרֵ֔ק כֻּלֹּ֖ה זֶ֣רַע אֱמֶ֑ת וְאֵיךְ֙ נֶהְפַּ֣כְתְּ לִ֔י סוּרֵ֖י הַגֶּ֥פֶן נׇכְרִיָּֽה׃

I planted you with noble vines,
All with choicest seed;
Alas, I find you changed
Into a base, an alien vine!

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