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What’s in it for me? – Shabbat Hagadol

Originally published in The Jewish Gazette, 24 March 1972. “You have said: ‘It is useless to serve God: what do we gain from the Lord of Hosts by observing His rules and behaving with deference?’” (Malachai 4: 14) In the Haftarah for Shabbat Ha-Gadol, from the Book of Malachai, the prophet, complains that the people see…

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