תלמוד בבלי מסכת חגיגה דף יב עמוד ב
R. Elazar b. Shamua said: The world rests on a single pillar – righteousness. [Translation by Areyvut]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. What does it mean for the world to rest on a pillar? What happens to the world if that pillar is compromised?
2. Why is righteousness the pillar that supports the world?
1. What does it mean for the world to rest on a pillar? What happens to the world if that pillar is compromised?
2. Why is righteousness the pillar that supports the world?
Time Period: Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)