"'[Blessed art Thou] who formest light and createst darkness'. Let him say rather: 'Who formest light and createst brightness'? — We keep the language of the Scripture. If that is so, [what of the next words in the text], Who makest peace and createst evil: do we repeat them as they are written? It is written 'evil' and we say 'all things' as a euphemism."
A Daf, A Day is the blog of a small group following the 13th Daf Yomi cycle of reading the Talmud Bavli. Beginning on Tu b'Av 5772 (August 3rd, 2012), this cycle will last until the 7th of Tevet 5780 (January 4, 2020).
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
God Who Creates Evil - Brakhot 11
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