1. Why is Arrogance antithetical to being close to God? Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 5a-b

2. These words are found at the beginning of an aggada relating to the Destruction, the first in a series of such Aggadot in the Babylonian Talmud in tractate Gittin

3. Given that his nightstand is currently sporting “Aggadoth of the Babylonian Talmud” and Martin Lings’ “Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources,” it seems he takes the endeavor