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Proverbs 10:24 (translation following Rashi): מְגוֹרַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע הִ֣יא תְבוֹאֶ֑נּוּ וְתַאֲוַ֖ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃‏ The fear of the wicked person will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous i …

The source for this idea can be found in Vayikra Rabba 27:5: וְהָאֱלֹהִים יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת נִרְדָּף (קהלת ג׳:ט״ו), רַב הוּנָא בְּשֵׁם רַב יוֹסֵף אָמַר, לְעוֹלָם וְהָאֱלֹהִים יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת נִרְדָּף, אַתָ …

The terms עוֹלָם דְּשֶׁקֶר for this world and עוֹלָם דְּקוּשְׁטָא for the next world appear in Vayikra Rabba 26:7 (Samuel raised from the dead is speaking to Saul): כַּד הֲוֵינָא גַּבָּךְ הֲוֵינָא בְ …

According to the Rambam (More Nevuchim 3:17, fifth view), the view that humans have free will is undisputed in Judaism: וזאת פינה לא נשמע כלל באומתנו ובאנשי תורתנו חולק עליה This can be confirmed, f …

The Ramchal (in Mesilat Yesharim, especially chapters 2-3) has a more negative view of following intuition. However, after working on character, it can be possible to follow your intuition more. His c …

No. G-d gets nothing from a person doing good: "If you sin, how will you affect Him? And if your sins multiplied, what will you have done to Him? If you have been righteous, what can you give Him, or …

The Nevi'im sometimes got prophecies and wrote them down in Nevi'im or Kesuvim, and from those prophecies, we learn divrei kabalah. We learn things like oneg, mimtzo cheftzecha, and daber davar on Sha …

The Ohr HaChaim writes (Bereishis 1:1 note 3): אמרו ז''ל (חגיגה טו.) במעשה מט''ט שדנוהו לפני אלישע ומחיוהו שתין פולסי דנורא, וגם אליהו וכו' (ב''מ פה:) וכמה משפטים לשרי מעלה, והגם שאין להם יצר, …

I later found what may be an answer to this question. Rabbeinu Bachya writes that all of the books of the nevi'im were given at Sinai, but permission wasn't given to write them down until those proph …

Through a search engine, I was able to find that the first rabbi of Lubavitch (in Likutei Torah, Va'etchanan 6b) uses "the ox that gores the cow" as an example to the existence "inner" layers of Torah …

In addition to the previous answer, here are two more sources that address the topic of greeting people: וא"ר חלבו אמר רב הונא כל שיודע בחברו שהוא רגיל ליתן לו שלום יקדים לו שלום שנאמר בקש שלום ורדפה …

In Berachot 33a (translations modified from Sefaria), Rav Ami and Rabbi El'azar say that words sandwiched between two instances of the name of God are great. Rav Acha Karchina'a challenges this, based …

The Gemara (Bava Kamma 2b, as explained by Rashi) seems to agree with you that we can't learn a Torah-level law (דברי תורה) from Prophets and Writings (דברי קבלה), but it clarifies that it is possible …

What are the traditional Jewish opinions about the importance of learning and speaking Hebrew with proper grammar (dikduk)?

On one hand, the Chavos Yair (124) writes (translation by Rabbi Gil Student): It is good and necessary for a knowledgeable person (ben da'as) to learn a little of the wisdom of grammar and to k …