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Mayim Bialik nearly loses thumb in car accident
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2012
Actress Mayim Bialik seriously injured her hand in a car accident in Los Angeles. A car filled with tourists crashed into Bialik\’s car…
Our Decency
Rabbi Steve Leder
October 28, 1999
\”At the moment of conception,\” says the Talmud, \”an angel takes the drop of semen from which the child will be formed and brings it before God. \’Master of the Universe, what shall be the fate of this drop?\’ asks the angel. \’Will it develop into a strong person or a weak one? A wise person or a fool? A wealthy person or a poor one?\’ Whether the person will be wicked or righteous, this he does not ask.\”
Why not? Why doesn\’t the angel ask God if the soon-to-be-formed person will be wicked or righteous?
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