6/13/2023 0 Comments Moon secrets destiny 2There, we describe the precision with which Hashem scrutinises every individual, like sheep. This is remarkably reminiscent of the famous prayer of Unesaneh Tokef which we will say over Rosh Hashono and Yom Kippur. Now, amongst the many ideas behind this deep passage, is the fact that Hashem controls every single individual raindrop. Now, if I do not confuse one drop with another, would I confuse Iyov with oyev? If two drops were to emerge from the same channel they would destroy the earth and it would not yield produce. “Who has divided a channel for the torrent of rain, or a path for the lightning of thunder”? I have created many drops of water in the clouds, and for each drop I created its own channel, so that two drops should not emerge from the same channel. Amongst the responses that Hashem gave to Iyov, was one where He said: The Gemoro In Bava Basra relates how Iyov suggested that he was suffering because, perhaps, Hashem mixed up Iyov with 'Oyev' - meaning 'enemy'. Embedded in source after source, we need to explore what our task is over this period of time. Part of the secret may lie within the concept of Elul itself. How has it been? Do we feel closer or more distant? What should we feel? Let's explore some fascinating ideas in this mysterious area.Īs the last few hours of the year pass as the last day of Elul passes, it is time to reflect on the craziest year in most of our lifetimes. But the apple still has its place in Midrashic and Talmudic literature. The Gemoro which identifies that first fruit, mentions four possibilities - none of which is the apple - a probable mistranslation. It is a distortion of Chazal's understanding of how Adam's error is really manifest and rectifiable. Yes, like it or lump it, it leaves a lump in our throats - literally and metaphorically. The original Adam's 'apple' - stuck in the throat of the first human being (and as expressed through even the purest archetypal fairy-tale characters - think Snow White) means that we are born sinful, they say, redeemable only through a belief in 'he who must not be named', rather than actions. It is no accident, that this same fruit is the one borrowed by certain people - not of the Jewish persuasion - to express the rather depressing notion that we are condemned to be tainted by sin, just by being born in the physical world. Nature or nurture, we have traits which originate from the previous generation. This expression is used to denote the way that our behaviours reflect the things that we learned from our home environment. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, or so it said. We look to regain it in the month of Av - literally 'Daddy' - where the pain will dissipate and we will be reunited with our Father. The original three weeks, which should have been weeks of intense happiness were inverted in a moment, to a history of pain and exile. It is what stopped when the Torah was given, and then abruptly restarted with another 'Chet', of the golden calf. This is what brought death to the world - the first 'chet' (etymologically similar to chita - wheat). But it is Da'as that also enables sin, as without it, we are blameless. It is Da'as which allows us to really live. This is the beginning of Da'as - knowledge, understanding, connection. The Gemoro tells us that the child begins to call these words around the time that it begins to 'taste wheat'. Without them, we are exposed and in pain. They are the comfort, the pillows (Kariot in Hebrew - and you just thought it was a tasty Israeli breakfast cereal!) that cushion us from pain. The first words that we learn, or instinctively say - even before we have an understanding of our surroundings, are Mummy or Daddy - Abba or Ima. I do keep thinking that he hasn't really gone. It's been almost two months now, and the pain is still there.
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