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#9: The Torah’s Most Important Verse?

#9: The Torah’s Most Important Verse?

Parashat Pinhas, Bemidbar/Numbers 28:4

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Gimme Some Torah #9

There really is no “most important” verse in the Torah, just as there really is no most important organ in the body. But there are verses that express a klal gadol, a general principle that constitutes part of the Torah’s foundation. Different sages have nominated a variety of verses that fit the bill. In this midrash, ben Azzai says …

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