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When Anger Overtakes us - D’var Torah Hukat

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/rabbijohnrosovesblog/item/when_anger_overtakes_us_-_dvar_torah_hukat_20120628

Tradition asks what constitutes real strength: Eizeh hu gibor? – Who is strong? Hakovesh et yitzro – Not the one who has physical strength, public or familial power, but “the one who controls his/her passions.” (Mishnah, Pirkei Avot 4:1) The Vilna Gaon understood the term yitzro as “his anger.”

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