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MassuhDGoodName:
Re: "I am disappointed with this kind of comment... I would expect this kind of thing from Massuh... "
You'll burn in HELL for ETERNITY for saying that! :nono:
FreedomDefender:
--- Quote ---Do you think this is funny? I don't... It is very, very important for Jews to keep as Kosher as possible. Those who think it is a joke are only fooling themselves.
We don't keep kosher because we are afraid of Gehinnom, we keep kosher because of Ahavat Hashem and doing mitzvot are the way a Jew gets close to Hashem...
I am disappointed with this kind of comment... I would expect this kind of thing from Massuh...
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Joke? No this is not a joke its a sad, sad reality (. About the rest you wrote..... this is your believe and your own business, after all thats one of reasons why we establish our own state. So you can relax, if i am not religious thats does not mean i am a traitor or something.
FreedomDefender:
--- Quote from: MassuhDGoodName on October 11, 2010, 10:46:17 PM ---Re: "I am disappointed with this kind of comment... I would expect this kind of thing from Massuh... "
You'll burn in HELL for ETERNITY for saying that! :nono:
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And what that makes you, with this kind of statement? Hell expert probably ^^. Do you got extra ideas about religious people here in Israel who burning our flags inside jerusalem? They probably keep everything kosher, shame i can`t say anything about the rest.
MassuhDGoodName:
Re: "And what that makes you, with this kind of statement? Hell expert probably ^^. "
What that makes ME, is the world's foremost authority. :o
muman613:
It truly is a test to live in a world where there are foods which smell great and look great but a Jew because of his love of G-d abstains from. Especially if that Jew had strayed in his youth and indulged in forbidden foods. Later in life when he or she wants to return to the proper path and the memories of eating Bacon Cheeseburgers and Pork Ribs are still in their minds it is difficult when others parade these foods in front of them.
Keeping Kosher is an important mitzvah and helps remind a Jew that he is Jewish. I have to wrap myself in tzit-tzits, grow my peyot, and weap a kippah to remind me not to eat treif. If I look Jewish to myself I know that if I eat treif in public I will be doing a chillul hashem... This helps keep me from eating forbidden foods which I developed a taste for.
Part of the equation is that Judaism teaches that two of Hashems qualities {Sefirot} are Chessed and Gevurah... Chessed is kindness and in my analogy represents indulging in pleasure while Gevurah is restraint and refraining from indulging in forbidden activities. Life is a balance between Chessed and Gevurah...
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--- Quote ---Chesed-kindness and gevurah-strength work in tandem, defining G-d's interaction with the world as a right/left pull/push phenomenon.
Before we proceed further to discuss more of the Ten Sefirot, it would be wise to spend more time on the interaction between chesed and gevurah.
These two sefirot are probably the most widely used to describe G-d's actions in the world.
We could describe the sefirot we have previously discussed (chochmah-wisdom, binah-understanding and daat-knowledge) as "preparatory," and the sefirot we will discuss later (netzach-victory, hod-awe, yesod-foundation and malchut-monarchy) as "tactical." In this sense, chesed-kindness, gevurah-strength and tiferet-beauty are "central."
The interaction between these two sefirot is the first parallel (as opposed to linear) interaction in the system of sefirot. That is, chochmah cannot act simultaneously with binah. It is only after chochmah has come up with the initial idea, that binah can process it. And only after binah has processed the information, can it become daat.
However, with chesed and gevurah it is different. On the one hand, it is still possible to imagine it as a continuum. For example, the foundation block of creation was chesed, whereas its continuation was gevurah, as we have described in the last installment of this series. On the other hand, chesed and gevurah may work simultaneously. Thus when a certain event occurs, we may analyze the chesed components and the gevurah components that are simultaneously a part of the event.
The metaphor most commonly used to describe this phenomenon is right and left.
The Ten Sefirot find their representation in body parts -- chesed and gevurah are the hands.
Different parts of the body can be used to represent different sefirot, a topic which we will discuss at greater length at a later time. Whereas the first three sefirot of intellect find their corresponding metaphor in the brain, the sefirot of chesed and gevurah find their representation in the hands. The reason is that they are the primary vehicles for G-d's "actions" in the same way that the hands are the primary vehicle for human activity.
The metaphor is more specific in the sense that there is a correspondence between the "right" and "left" aspect of the human limbs, and the interaction of chesed and gevurah.
Imagine both hands pushing a cart, or hauling a bucket. In such a case there is no difference between the two hands. It is basically two "times" one hand, the correlation of right/left is inconsequential. True the right hand head is a little stronger, but the job is the same for both and as such it would not be appropriate to use the correlation as a metaphor for the chesed and gevurah relationship.
THE COUNTERBALANCE
But let us now take a different case. A person is hammering a nail into a board. The right hand pounds in the nail, whilst the left one holds the board down. A person screws in a screw with his right hand, and the left one pressures a nut in the opposite direction. Or a sculptor's right hand chisels stone, while his left hand holds the stone steady. In these examples, the right and left hand are cooperating -– by acting in a counter fashion!
We see from this that chesed and gevurah are acting simultaneously towards the same goal –- by exerting forces in opposite directions.
Let us be a little more specific regarding the specific roles of chesed and gevurah. When the sculptor chisels the stone, his right hand naturally takes the chipped stone along with the motion of his chisel. His left hand, however, holds the stone in place, and through the resistance to the movement of the chisel gives the stone its sense of "self." Thus, the stone is not taken along with the chisel, but rather it stands its own ground. Although the right hand has acted upon it, it has retained its own properties, while bearing the right hand's "message."
This describes exactly the relationship of chesed as the "right hand" and gevurah as the "left hand."
The main purpose of God's deeds is kindness -- thus chesed is stronger than gevurah.
The main purpose of God's deeds is kindness. Thus chesed is the stronger and more dominant of the two sefirot. And it is performing the act that God really had in mind.
But we have previously described the problem inherent in chesed. If a person lives as a beneficiary of someone else's largesse, then he loses his own identity. He becomes a vessel of the benefactor. This would be similar to the board being swept up in the motion of the hammer.
Therein, the sefirah of gevurah assists. It is the "left hand" that pushes in the opposite direction and gives the board its own existence. Whereas the right hand pulls along, the left hand pushes back. Whereas the attribute of chesed draws things into God's sphere of being, gevurah pushes the object away and proclaims: "Away from me, stand on your own two feet; earn your own keep."
The Rabbis of the Talmud have taught us:
A person should always draw people closer by means of his right hand, and push them aside with his left hand. (Sotah 47)
It is an important lesson in human relationships. The stronger and more dominant feature of human interaction should be the drawing closer and friendship of people. But enough "push" must be included to allow for the retaining of individual self. Benevolence towards an independent individual creates bonds and bridges; towards a dependant person, it creates annexation and is overwhelming.
(As an interesting footnote to this topic it is worth noting that people who were involved in Kabbalah study, such as many of the Chassidic groups, liked to wear their garments with the right side overlapping the left, to demonstrate this relationship. This is in contrast to modern western style where men's garments, i.e. shirts and coats, have a left/right overlap.)
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