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muman613:
I have an Artscroll commentary on Mesillat Yesharim on my bookshelf:
http://www.artscroll.com/Books/ligh.html
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Few books have been classics for scholars and laymen alike. Mesillas Yesharim/Path of the Just is at the top of that select list. In crisp, flowing language, in a step-by-step presentation that combines keen insights into human nature with goals that inspire, encourage, and challenge, this masterpiece presents answers to the age old question, “What is man’s obligation in his world? ”
The author of this primer for life is Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, the Ramchal, who was a phenomenal sage, philosopher, ethicist, saint, and Kabbalist. The Gaon of Vilna said that if Ramchal were alive, he, the Gaon himself, would have traveled to study mussar under him.
But Ramchal was just as much the guide for simple shoemakers and wagon drivers, then as now. For nearly three centuries, his Mesillas Yesharim has been the indispensable, well-thumbed road map to fulfillment for the full gamut of serious and intelligent people.
This work gives Mesillas Yesharim a new dimension for modern times. In it, Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski M.D. pours a lifetime of knowledge and experience. A master of the spirit and the mind, Rabbi Twerski applies the timeless to the timely.
The author quotes and translates key passages from Mesillas Yesharim and applies them to the problems and hurdles of modern life. In the process, the reader sees a vintage classic with fresh eyes, and appreciates Ramchal with unexpected clarity.
Rabbi Twerski’s previous books, such as Living Each Day, Smiling Each Day, Living Each Week, and his brilliant commentary to the Pesach Haggadah have endeared him to countless readers. This volume raises his work to a new plateau of value and insight.
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edu:
The Talmud tells us that for a reason I won't go into right now, the burial of Rabbi Elazar the son of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was delayed between 18 to 22 years, see Baba Metzia page 84.
He was so righteous his body would not decay.
One day the Talmud tells us, a worm came out of the ear of his dead body. Rabbi Elazar later appeared in a dream to his wife and told her not to worry. No further damage would occur to his body. And the reason, that the worm came out of his ear was that on one occasion, he heard the derision of a Torah scholar, but did not react forcefully enough to defend the honor of that Torah scholar.
Dan, I know you had good intentions, but you ended up slandering a legitimate Torah scholar, and I pray to G-d that he considers that I have sufficiently stood up for the honor of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, also known as the Arizal.
I say this even though I often follow other Rabbis, who argue with the positions advocated by Arizal.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
Watched the first 5 minutes so far.. How can I take this lady seriously. 666? That's just a number and has absolutely zero significance to me any different than any other number like 777 or 222. 666 is some kind of gentile superstition, isn't it? Can't see the relevance. Also I was not aware that anyone got to choose their social security number or their israeli ID number.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
Farther into the video now.
She claims "Isaac Luria" was an agent of the Vatican sent in by Jesuits to mislead the Jewish community of tzfat and destroy their community. Hmm, really. Did they bring him about through an immaculate conception too?
"Luria was born in 1534 in Jerusalem[1] in what is now the Old Yishuv Court Museum[3] to an Ashkenazi father, Solomon, and a Sephardic mother.[6]"
Were his parents aware they gave birth to a "jesuit satanist" ? ::)
"His uncle placed him under the best Jewish teachers, including the leading rabbinic scholar David ibn Zimra.[6] Luria showed himself a diligent student of rabbinical literature and under the guidance of another uncle, Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi (best known as the author of Shittah Mekubetzet), he became proficient in that branch of Jewish learning.[7]"
And were Rabbi David Ibn Zimra and Rabbi Ashkenazi also Jesuits secretly working for the Vatican? Keep in mind that whole communities of Jews looked upon these men as the great scholars of that time. They were not some unknowns that the vatican snuck in by boat and foisted upon the community.
Come on, what is this lady peddling here?
Zelhar:
Like Tag-Mechir said, the woman is kookoo. You should see her blog and other videos. I think she is a celtic witch who married to an Israeli or something.
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