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PUTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON IMPORTANT JEWISH INFORMATION
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
New OU TORAH Knock Before Entering! By Rabbi Ari Enkin
Our sages teach that one should not enter any home, even one’s own, without knocking first. As Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai teaches: “There are four things that God hates that I also don’t like…a person who enters his own home suddenly without knocking, and it goes without saying, one who enters his neighbor’s house without knocking.”[1] Similarly, Rabbi Akiva included this in the seven instructions he gave his son Yehoshua: “My son…do not enter your house suddenly, and how much more so, your friend’s house.”[2] The Midrash says that Rav Yochanan would clear his throat before entering Rav Hanina’s home as a way of announcing his arrival.[3]
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