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Classic Jewish joke. Extinguishing the Shabbos lamp due to danger. Rav Tanchumβs homily on extinguishing the Shabbos lamp for a sick person. King Solomonβs wisdom seems to contradict his father King Davidβs wisdom as well as his own. Rav Tanchum reconciles the contradictions, especially: who is superior, the living or the dead? Ultimately he derives that life is precious because the soul of man is the lamp of the Lord. To reconcile another of Solomonβs contradictions, we do like Rabba and open Torah study with humor!