tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382377321660721807.comments2012-09-04T07:30:04.518-04:00Daf ChatTechRavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209764092660723173noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382377321660721807.post-51281250133243705582012-09-04T07:20:12.512-04:002012-09-04T07:20:12.512-04:00I have heard many different answers to this questi...I have heard many different answers to this question but one sticks out for me. The idea of מצות is first and foremost to be slaves to Hashem. Only after we accept that can we learn lessons from the מצות. The gemara is not saying that we may not explore the reasons and lessons for the mitzvot, rather we should not make our practice of the mitzvot dependent on reasons other than being slaves of Hashem. When we start attributing reasons to mitzvot we run the risk of 1- thinking we can stop doing it because the mitzvah no longer applies 2- limiting the mitzvah in its scope and 3- presuming to understand Hashem's omnipotence and omnisciency. There clearly is an idea that Hashem is compassionate and merciful, and there is an idea of מה הוא רחום אף אתה רחום, but to say that the only reason for the Mitzvah is to teach us that cheapens the mitzvah, Hashem and ultimately all of Judaism. Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01237052823016774692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382377321660721807.post-24975885594742740122012-08-13T09:16:25.555-04:002012-08-13T09:16:25.555-04:00Great post. You're talking about jewish people...Great post. You're talking about jewish people only.... But when, I'm reading Beruria, it seems that she's talking about any human no?Jeremiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611820787785631845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382377321660721807.post-4052846807024546992012-08-07T13:25:12.991-04:002012-08-07T13:25:12.991-04:00This morning, I also thought about the fact that m...This morning, I also thought about the fact that my son's pants are constantly dirty, based on the idea said in the daf that the mazikim brush up against the legs of those in yeshiva (or day school).Neil Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797772082427806345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382377321660721807.post-79688629881992626912012-08-06T15:53:29.375-04:002012-08-06T15:53:29.375-04:00@Rabbi Bernstein on Twitter recommended:
"Th...@Rabbi Bernstein on Twitter recommended:<br /> "The story in Rav Sholom Arush's Garden of Emuna, page 39 (Hebrew version) may be enlightening."TechRavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209764092660723173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382377321660721807.post-69996471988478184712012-08-06T15:51:49.000-04:002012-08-06T15:51:49.000-04:00ChaimK @UncleChaim answered on Twitter as follows:...ChaimK @UncleChaim answered on Twitter as follows:<br /><br />"Question #2 to paraphrase the Rebbe one who believes in many gods and only one world this might be a question, but to one who has two worlds and one God, this is not a question."<br /><br />He further explained:<br />"We see that chazal also weren't accepting beyond conceptually, as the Gemara tells stories of לא הן ולא שכרן".TechRavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209764092660723173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382377321660721807.post-70039306293292421672012-08-06T07:08:39.047-04:002012-08-06T07:08:39.047-04:00As far as the first Q. maybe the idea is that in h...As far as the first Q. maybe the idea is that in human interactions there is always a give-&-take even if it is just positive feelings towards the giver. however in our interaction with Hkb"h it is considered a gift as there is absolutely nothing he is lacking and therefore nothing which we can give back in return.Shimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161801089483717975noreply@blogger.com