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I personally have been together with my partner Michael for nearly 19 years, which has given me a profound understanding of what hesed and agape mean, both human and divine.
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Evangelicals and Gays: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? 2010
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I personally have been together with my partner Michael for nearly 19 years, which has given me a profound understanding of what hesed and agape mean, both human and divine.
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Evangelicals and Gays: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? 2010
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On the other hand, Miriam lived among her people in the desert, following the path of hesed, or loving kindness.
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The deity whom she hopes will show hesed to her daughters-in-law has shown hostility to her.
Naomi: Bible. 2009
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Mother-daughter learning programs, a siyyum (conclusion ceremony) for completion of a book of the Prophets or a tractate of Mishnah, and year-long hesed or study projects have also become de rigueur in the modern Orthodox community.
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Most of the early leaders were adept at multiple tasks: Abraham served as sage, performing acts of hesed (kindness) and converting the masses, knowing when to make treaties and when to wage war.
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Their coping with these painful hardships was considered a deed of hesed (lovingkindness).
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Strikingly, the basis on which Naomi invokes divine hesed is the loyalty that Orpah and Ruth have already shown her family.
Naomi: Bible. 2009
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Deeds of hesed, the subject of birkat avot in the Amidah, are deeds done for others, which the Matriarchs themselves performed beyond the required extent (Rambam, Guide to the Perplexed, 3: 53).
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Jewish tradition specifies that men and women are expected to perform philanthropic acts of hesed [loving-kindness] and zedakah [social justice].
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