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Project Likkutei Sichos — summary 1 — Shoftim 5783

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — summary 1 — Shoftim 5783. Темы: chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind. Поисковые термины: хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש. (Devarim 17:15) Yet, when the has sufficient self-restraint to govern their Jewish people asked the prophet Shmuel to own disputes and affairs, a king serves a “set up for us a king to judge us like all the loftier purpose — he imparts to them a nations,” G-d was dismayed at the request, higher level of Divine awareness and awe seeing at is as indication of their betrayal of than they are capable of reaching on their Him, “they have rejected Me from reigning own. Nonetheless, G-d heeded their request It is common for people to assume that they because they still needed a king to serve do not need a mentor to guide them in the that basic, first function of ensuring peace basic, elementary decisions in life, and to and morality. Yet, the narrative of Shmuel’s The Lesson: appointment of a king shows us that even if Although we do not currently have a king, we have not reached a loftier level of Divine we do have the imperative to “appoint a awareness, we still must appoint a “king” to teacher” for ourselves, (Pirkei Avos 1:6) and, ensure basic law and order in our personal today, the “rabbis are our kings.” (Gittin, lives. Thus, it is precisely when we are end of ch 5) Thus, we can apply the lacking in basic awe of Heaven that we must standards for appointing a king to our actively search for a mentor who can guide personal responsibility to find a mentor for us in our spiritual lives. Yet their request for a “king to judge us like all the nations,” If appointing a king is a central mitzvah, why indicated that they lacked that basic level of was G-d disappointed in the people’s self-restraint and needed a king like all request. The threat of the king’s power The Context: curbs the worst impulses of the population and reigns in any potential violence and Appointing a Jewish king is a fundamental corruption. over them.” (Shmuel I, 8:5,7) Nevertheless, G-d fulfilled their request and instructed Shmuel wanted the people to attain a basic Shmuel to appoint Shaul as Israel’s first king. mitzvah in the process of entering the Land of Israel and establishing a functioning But when the populace is more refined and society. level of fe

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Project Likkutei Sichos

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18 августа 2023 г.

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Темы: chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind