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#428: The Purpose of Punishment

#428: The Purpose of Punishment

A Sermon for Parshat Beshallaḥ

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Jan 24, 2024
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a jail cell with a bed and a toilet

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This is from a set of so-called kosher lateral thinking puzzles:

Moishe was a naughty teenager and was always getting himself into trouble at school. One week he was so bad that as a punishment he was told to carry 100 bags of sand from the store room to the long jump pit beside the running t…

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