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Meshech Chochma — shel mikra — Vayeira 5784

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — shel mikra — Vayeira 5784. Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2023 / 5784 MESHECH CHOCHMAH Parshas Vayeira “Hashem Will See” – The Origins of Jewish Nature ‫וַיִּ קְ רָ א אַ בְ רָ הָ ם שֵ ׁ ם הַ מּ ָ קֹום הַ הּוא ה' יִ רְ אֶ ה‬ Avraham called the name of the place “Hashem will see.” (22:14) Understandably, the name given by Avraham to the mountain where the Akeydah took place is somewhat enigmatic. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein Parshas Vayeira - “Hashem Will See” – The Origins of Jewish Nature | 2 A Name and a Prayer With the above in mind, we can understand the meaning of the name that Avraham gave to the mountain at the time of the Akeydah – “Hashem will see.” With this, Avraham was praying on his descendants’ behalf, in light of what had just occurred on this mountain, with its implications for establishing Jewish nature as fundamentally aligned with Hashem’s will. their positive intentions, and include them when coming to seal their judgment.4 4 Perhaps we may add that by taking the essential Jewish nature into account, this will affect their judgment not only by taking into account their positive intentions, but it will affect the way everything they have done – both good and bad – is judged. Indeed, in this light, we may further suggest that when we beseech Hashem on Rosh Hashanah in the conclusion of the blessing of Zichronos to “remember the Akeydah of Yitzchak for his descendants today with mercy,” we are not just asking that Hashem take that epic event into account as a merit for us; rather, we are asking that he recall the Akeydah to the extent that it defines us, and judge everything that we have done in light of that definition. Through this, he so firmly actualized and internalized the inclination towards the Divine will that it then became embedded in his nature – to the degree that it could be bequeathed to his descendants as their own core nature. More weight will be ascribed to their good deeds, seeing as those deeds represent their essence, while their bad deeds will be emptied of essential significance, since those deeds are not a product of their core will. Indeed, the many Jews throughout the ages, who likewise were prepared to offer their lives rather than aband

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Meshech Chochma

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3 ноября 2023 г.

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Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary