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A Collection of Essays — Behaalotecha 5782

Выпуск: A Collection of Essays — Behaalotecha 5782. Темы: family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית, זוגיות, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental. 16 ‫בס"ד‬ From Pain to Humility By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks David Brooks, in his bestselling book, The Road to Character,[1] draws a sharp distinction between what he calls the résumé virtues – the achievements and skills that bring success – and the eulogy virtues, the ones that are spoken of at funerals: the virtues and strengths that make you the kind of person you are when you are not wearing masks or playing roles, the inner person that friends and family recognise as the real you. He was speaking of the generation of Jewish immigrants to the 4 ‫בס"ד‬ United States who spawned what became known as the "lost generation." Why was it that the children of parents who were religious, or at least traditional, moved so far away from the Judaism of their parental homes? The rabbis sought an explanation for the fact that the word “raise up” (behaalotecha) is used, instead of the more obvious “light” or “kindle.” 13 ‫בס"ד‬ And they concluded that the verse meant that Aaron was to kindle them “until the flame rises up by itself.”6 Aaron’s spiritual achievement was therefore not only to light the flame in the souls of the Jewish people, but to take them to the stage where they would give light of their own accord. There was a peculiarity of the Temple, that its windows were “broad and narrow,”9 on which the rabbis comment,10 “They were broad on the outside 15 ‫בס"ד‬ and narrow within, for I (G-d) am not in need of light.” Unlike other buildings, whose windows are designed to admit light, the Temple was constructed to send light out to the world. Hashem said to the Soton, "Hashem will rebuke you Satan, Hashem, who chooses Yerushalayim, will reprimand you." In other words, how dare you accuse Yehoshua, "is he not a firebrand rescued from fire." Nebuchadnezzar had Yehoshua thrown into the fire, but because he was so holy he was protected by Hashem. King David wrote, “Open for me the gates of righteousness so I can enter through them to thank G-d.” The Baal Shem Tov explained that despite King David’s supreme piety, he felt that he had not even

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A Collection of Essays

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16 июня 2022 г.

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36

Темы: family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary