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Read about the remarkable women who earned the respect of the Sages for their erudition, sharp wit, kindness, modesty, or high standing.
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Eve had just one commandment: not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Yet she ate and invited Adam to do the same. The classic commentators discuss why she ever listened to the snake.
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