We pierce the ear of an eved with a Claim against Ozen 'sheshama'? -it seems like the EAR did its job?!
A horse that runs with the rider not being ready is an untrained 'vildeh ferd'. idealistically, (& perhaps by matan torah shepaskah zuhama like adam bef. Cheit) The ear should not hear when the nefesh is not ready to be mekabel.
R' Alivah eiger did not SEE the light at a family simcha & complained about the darkness, when they were lit on shabbos for the jews by a goy. The Chofetz chaim didn't HEAR a talmids 'white lie'.
R' Yeruchom da'as torah ma'amar on b'shalach. Any limb of the body should ideally not function w/o its 'trainer'.
though this may be an overly - lofty level for ourselves, there can be a practical application of this lesson.
Our ears fool ourselves to feel accomplished by hearing news, music, or even a shiur when really our mind was tuned out. Perhaps we can start a practice of not physically doing things when our inner self is not ready & attentive. Whether eating, looking around, hearing etc.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Yisro
koh tomrun l'beis yakov V'saged l'bnei yisrael. Women first. Har tzvi takeid w yud? & why repeat few psukim later - eileh jad'varim, already said koh?
R frank answers first moshe would say to women AND THEN IT WOULD BE SAID -v'sageid w yud - BY THE WOMEN TO THE MEN. ( moshe softly to ladies & then they harshly to the men! Then Hashem told Moshe that he too should tell the men as well.
how much is placed in the responsibility of the women!
rambam writes that most men only develop from the da'as of their mothers to the da'as od their wives!
Besides for respect a hakoras hatov to our n'shei chayil, we must realize that they need a source from where to get their inspiration from. We must recognize that they depend on us to feed them small doses of Torah inspiration & they in turn will strengthen it in us & our children tenfold.
If we want to get a powerful 'sageid l'bnei yisroel' from them we have to continuously feed them a soft 'tomrun l'beis yakov'
R frank answers first moshe would say to women AND THEN IT WOULD BE SAID -v'sageid w yud - BY THE WOMEN TO THE MEN. ( moshe softly to ladies & then they harshly to the men! Then Hashem told Moshe that he too should tell the men as well.
how much is placed in the responsibility of the women!
rambam writes that most men only develop from the da'as of their mothers to the da'as od their wives!
Besides for respect a hakoras hatov to our n'shei chayil, we must realize that they need a source from where to get their inspiration from. We must recognize that they depend on us to feed them small doses of Torah inspiration & they in turn will strengthen it in us & our children tenfold.
If we want to get a powerful 'sageid l'bnei yisroel' from them we have to continuously feed them a soft 'tomrun l'beis yakov'
Yisro
Yisro med tanchuma 'leimor' Hashem prepared Torah to Himself to say over. R akiva x aliyah x prep. Hachanah x to vaoid mistake, rather kavod for Torah/tzibur. Taharah seems to have been the hachana to matan torah, however the opposite is true as well. - hachana creates taharah. Mesilas yesharim says hazmanh brings taharah purity of thought, & intent to the mitzvah about to be done. This is a form of taharah that can apply to anyone during shovavim. Pause momentarily bef any mitzvah to mentally prepare what you're about to do.
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