“Love your fellow as yourself'- Rabbi Akiva says: This is the great principal of the Torah”
Akiba ben Joseph (50–136) Tanna
Jerusalem Talmud Nedarim 30b
“It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on law with an emphasis on what is permitted.”
Quoted in Jewish Chronicle, 11 Oct 2013 page 22.
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