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Who is wealthy?... Rabbi Akiva says: Anyone who has a wife whose actions are pleasant

— Akiba ben Joseph

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Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God.

Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.

Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of the All-present.

Nothing in the entire world is worthy but for that day on which The Song of Songs was given to Israel

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