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One of the Torah’s most enigmatic commandments that left even King Solomon, the wisest of all humans, utterly perplexed.
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Chutzpah
Chutzpah is a Hebrew word that has been adopted into Yiddish and then English. Chutzpah has been defined as audacity, insolence, impudence, gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible guts, presumption and arrogance. Yet something essential about chutzpah is missing from all these words.
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