Shemos 20:22 [1] introduces the building of the
altar with אם (“If you make an altar…”), implying that it’s an optional
mitzvah. However, Rashi [2] cites
R’ Ishmael who says that while אם in the Torah usually refers to an
optional action, this is one of three exceptions where אם really means
כאשר (“when”) and the mitzvah is obligatory. Why then does the Torah
describe building the altar with אם rather than כאשר?
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is an investigative report by ProPublica into taxation of the ultraweathy in the United States, based on Internal Revenue Service data on the tax returns of thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people.
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is a report that estimates the amount of firearms held by civilians worldwide. The report was created for “small arms survey” and published on their website on june 2018.
is an investigative report into the Department of Health and Human Services under President Trump. The report was published by the New York Times on October 29th, 2020. It revealed that the department attempted to use a $265-million dollar public relations campaign centered around COVID-19 in September 2020 to support the president’s reelection bid.
is a retrospective on the past and current challenges facing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It analyzes various factors that led to the CDC’s abysmal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and considers ways that the agency can be improved as well as roadblocks preventing those improvements. It was written by Jeneen Interlandi and published by the The New York Times Magazine on June 16th, 2021.
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