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in the tefillin of the head, where there are 4 separate compartments. And all of the verses are written together on one parchment in the tefillin of the arm, which has only one compartment.
Additionally, Ravin bar Rav Adda said that R' Yitzḥak said: One who is accustomed to come to the synagogue and did not come one day, God asks about him, as it were, to determine what happened to him, as it is stated: “Who among you fears YHWH? Who hears the voice of His servant? Though he walks in
If it is for a matter involving a mitzva that he went and absented himself from prayer in the synagogue, then, despite the darkness, there is light for him, the aura of his mitzva will protect him. But if it is for an optional matter, some mundane purpose, that he went and absented himself from pr
The verse continues: “Let him trust in the name of YHWH.” The Talmud asks: What is the reason that God is so exacting with this person? The Talmud answers: Because he should have relied on the name of YHWH, and trusted that he would not incur any loss if he postponed dealing with his mundane matte
On this same topic, R' Yoḥanan said: When God enters a synagogue and does not find 10 people there, He immediately becomes angry, as it is stated: “Why, when I came, was there no one? When I called, there was no one to answer…Behold, with My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness” (