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Project Likkutei Sichos — Shoftim 5784

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Shoftim 5784. Темы: не определены автоматически. Just like an animal is rootless and can migrate to another location, so, too, the The Talmud’s question, “is man actually a intellect is not bound to a single conclusion tree of the field,” assumes that the verse and can take an opposing perspective. 24 If the Talmud did understand the verse as a Shoftim, Sicha 3 limited metaphor, then there would be no The Talmud: question, it is easy to find several metaphorical equations between people Rabbi Yochanan said as follows: What is the and trees. A tree humankind, and not just that a tree is a begins life as a mere sapling, then attains Only someone who has mastered their great height and strength, yet always “tree-like” self, their emotional equilibrium, remains rooted to its birthplace. This A tree is unique in that even though it can indicates that there are certain trees which grow to towering heights, it remains rooted may be cut down, while others may not be to its source of life in the earth. So, too, we are born with immature emotion, but This understanding of emotion also explains with time our emotions grow to attain our relationship with the founding fathers maturity, depth, and strength. fittingness of teachers of Torah, how does Rather, it is because it is written earlier in that express the essential bond between the same verse: “You may eat of them but people and trees? We are said to inherit growth, our emotional composition remains the primary emotional attributes of remarkably consistent, rooted to who we Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov — love, are. Because the essence of who we work with the material reality, we must are is best reflected in the tree’s expansive remain openly connected to the source of growth and rootedness. Therefore, what is passed on Intellect is not a reflection of who we truly in inheritance to us is their essential are, it can travel widely, but does not tell us emotions. accomplishment is not the ultimate If a scholar is a mere intellectual, but not objective, for the intellect is subject to one whose essential emotions are matured change.

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Project Likkutei Sichos

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2 сентября 2024 г.

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