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Gal Einai — Balak 5784

Выпуск: Gal Einai — Balak 5784. Темы: family_education, health_mind. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש. Indeed, the sages explain that the opening words of 92, “A Psalm, a Song for the Shabbat day” mean “a Psalm, a song for the future, for the day that will be entirely Shabbat and rest for everlasting life.” 16 From the Parashah ְ (‫ יב‬,‫לֹ֤ א תָ אֹ ר֙ אֶ ת־הָ ע֔ ָ ם כּ ִ ֥י בָ ֖רוּך הֽ וּא )בלק כב‬ “You shall not curse the people, for it is blessed” (Numbers 19:11-12) First Reading: The Strength in Weakness Almost all of us have weak points, areas in which we repeatedly fail in the present or have failed in the past. (‫ יח‬,‫)בלק כב‬ ‫אִ ם־יִ תּ ֶ ן־לִ ֥י בָ ָ ֛לק מְ לֹ֥ א בֵ ית֖ וֹ כּ ֶ ֣ סֶ ף וְ זָהָ ֑ב‬ “Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold...” (Numbers 22:18) Second Reading: Balaam’s Three Traits In the fifth chapter of the tractate of Avot, the sages compare Balaam to Abraham: Whoever possesses these three traits, he is of the disciples of Abraham, our father; and [whoever possesses] three other traits, he is of the disciples of Balaam, the wicked: a good eye, a humble spirit, and a lowly appetite [psyche]—he is of the disciples of Abraham, our father. www.inner.org • www.patreon.com/galeinai • www.youtube.com/@innerorg Parashat Balak 5784 Main Article The World’s First Tear-Jerker: The Cult of Tammuz and the Culture of Depression The Tammuz was a tragic idol to whom women would make pilgrimages and cry over. It is likely that the statue of Tammuz was of a young and beautiful lad (after all, the death of a young person is always more tragic than that of an old one...), and the “fan club” that would make a pilgrimage to it to reenact his death story experienced a sort of catharsis—emotional purification resulting from identifying with him and having compassion for him. The fact that the genre of tragedy is rooted in idolatry comes as no surprise to anyone versed in biblical Hebrew: one of the central Hebrew words for idol, etzev (‫)עֶ צֶ ב‬, literally means “sadness.” Every Generation and Its Tammuz The cult of Tammuz has passed from the world, but its echoes continue to reverberate through the corridors of history. The portraits of stars like Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and many

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Gal Einai

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19 июля 2024 г.

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14

Темы: family_education, health_mind