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Every pot got water. Two needed a little more attention.
Jin and Ara watered every pot in the row at the community garden.
They started at one end and went all the way to the last pot.
The stems in those two pots are leaning over.
After watering, Jin pointed to two young stems bent by the wind.
Let's put supports in these two pots and take another look.
Ara placed the supports and looked at the plants with Jin.
The soil in every pot was damp. Two pots had supports.
Jin and Ara stepped back to look at the row.
An orchard keeper waters the whole orchard, but hoes the soil only around the finest trees.
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Sanhedrin 39b:2 · Read the source ↗Jin and Ara watered every pot in the row. Afterward, they noticed two young stems bent over by the wind. Once we've done what everyone needs, we can take a closer look at what might need some extra attention.
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If there is something I can do for everyone and something more I can do for someone who needs it, where could I start?
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In the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 39b:2, Rabbi Elazar reads Psalm 145:9, about the Lord being good to all, alongside Lamentations 3:25, about the Lord being good to those who wait for him. He uses the example of a person who waters a whole orchard but hoes the soil around the finest trees. It is a theological comparison used to read the two verses together. The wisdom line paraphrases the orchard comparison. The community garden and Jin and Ara putting supports by the leaning plants are modern fiction created with AI assistance.
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