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A Collection of Essays — Ki Sisa 5783

Выпуск: A Collection of Essays — Ki Sisa 5783. Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. "Leave Me Alone!" By Rabbi Yossy Goldman “Leave me alone” is often synonymous with the all-too-common expression: “I don’t want to get involved.” 2 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ פרה‬- ‫פרשת כי תשא‬ I was a young teenager back in 1964 when the shocking and brutal murder of Kitty Genovese took place. 5 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ פרה‬- ‫פרשת כי תשא‬ What got Moses on board were G-d's words: "When you take the people out of Egypt, you will worship G-d on this mountain."1 On the very mountain where he first encountered G-d, the Hebrews were destined to receive the Torah.2 The Torah! But if not—erase me now from your book that You have written!"6 8 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ פרה‬- ‫פרשת כי תשא‬ The profundity of Moses' reaction lies in the fact that he didn't somehow find a redeeming factor in irredeemable sinners, but rather, it is that he did not look for one in the first place. 10 ‫בס"ד‬ ‫ פרה‬- ‫פרשת כי תשא‬ (A wise rabbi who had relocated to America from the shtetl took great issue with the American expression "How much is he worth?" In frustration, he would ask, "Is that how a person's worth is measured?") Just after I got married, my wife shared one of her most cherished memories with me. The prevailing narrative (much of which has now been disproven) was that 38 neighbors witnessed the attack and murder outside their apartment building, which took place over a 30-minute period, during which she repeatedly cried out for help, but no one stepped in or bothered to call the police. And then, finally: "G-d spoke all these words, to say: "I am G-d your G-d…You shall not make a graven image…Do not prostrate to them or worship them…Don't say G-d name in vain…Remember the Sabbath…Honor your father and mother…Don't kill…or commit adultery…or steal…or bear false witness…or covet…" Moses was on a high. In the famous words of Hillel, "'Love your fellow like yourself' is the essence of the Torah, and the rest is commentary!" It is amazing to note that the verse in which Moses asks G-d to erase his own name if He erases the name of Israel is chapter 32 verse 32! This is the chapter set in the middle of the Golden Calf narrative (between Exodus chapter 32 describing the sin and its consequences, and Exodus chapter 34 w

Издание

A Collection of Essays

Дата

10 марта 2023 г.

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28

Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary