tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post4026494480202477071..comments2024-03-20T18:38:31.327-05:00Comments on Havolim: Shemini, Vayikra 10:3. Vayidom Aharon וַיִּדֹּם אַהֲרֹן. Serving Hashem with SilenceEliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-50837210123324729882011-03-26T20:51:42.114-05:002011-03-26T20:51:42.114-05:00>>>What I find surprising is how many oth...>>>What I find surprising is how many otherwise intelligent people thoughtlessly connect the recent events in Japan to the two incarcerated Yerushalmis. <br /><br />Right after hearing the new of the tragedy I told my wife, "Wait -- someone is going to tie this in with the trial of those yeshiva kids." Sadly, I'm not even surprised anymore. It's so predictable. One of my kids told me they heard this same theory floating around their school as well. Everybody's a navi these days. It's harder to be a chacham. (Is that the pshat in chacham adif m'navi?)Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-66922996280318463542011-03-25T08:54:14.871-05:002011-03-25T08:54:14.871-05:00Really you've never heard of the concept נכנס ...Really you've never heard of the concept נכנס חיים לגן עדן?? <br />Isn't it a meforash story with R' Chiya or R'Yehoshua Ben Levi in Ketubot with the malach hamavet and his sword or something?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703845596227974473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-18164307673793713912011-03-25T06:34:33.013-05:002011-03-25T06:34:33.013-05:00Strange, if I were asked the question, I would imm...Strange, if I were asked the question, I would immediately have quoted the Gemara in Chagiga 14b about arba nichnesu l'pardeis, which lists Ben Azai, Ben Zoma, Elisha be Avuya and Reb Akiva. As far as who never tasted ta'am misa, all I know is the Bavli about lo meisu b'etyo shel nachash, being Binyamin, Amram, Yishai, and Kil'av. The mekoros he brings are interesting, though.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-91331854050013288722011-03-25T04:12:48.017-05:002011-03-25T04:12:48.017-05:00the אנוש is the lesser problem b/c I would have in...the אנוש is the lesser problem b/c I would have intuitively said even without our context that ריב"ל is an אדם and not teh lower level of אנוש.<br /><br />The second half is the difficulty. ולא תמצא בארץ החיים... However if you understand ארץ החיים as being a reference to the interactive processes of עוה"ז (as Yoma 71a) then the pasuk is saying "for someone to find it he must be no longer in ארץ החיים".... which means he's entered גן עדן alive... hence I'm asking is ריב"ל one of those noted to have entered גן עדן alive...?<br /><br />[I looked it up. Yes he is. Pasuk and Midrash work beautifully. The Satmar's קו"ח is מופרכת. ]<br /><br />http://www.kipa.co.il/ask/show/23766Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703845596227974473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-40627040925316431622011-03-24T18:13:01.765-05:002011-03-24T18:13:01.765-05:00What? The Satmarer says it better than me???
OK,...What? The Satmarer says it better than me???<br /><br />OK, I can live with that. But I like your question. לא ידע אנוש ערכה. so how can you say that Aharon or a Tanna knew it?bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-62238031191799432712011-03-24T17:36:14.149-05:002011-03-24T17:36:14.149-05:00I looked more carefully at the דברי יואל, he says ...I looked more carefully at the דברי יואל, he says it better than you :-)<br /><br />His argument is that you see from the Midrash Shocher Tov that ריב"ל knew the seder of the Torah, in which case Aharon he argues is a קו"ח.<br /><br />It's a little hard to hear that any man should know that since the pasuk says לא ידע אנוש ערכה ולא תמצא בארץ חיים unless you argue that ריב"ל is not considered אנוש or נמצא בארץ החיים... <br />Was ריב"ל one of the few to enter גן עדן alive?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703845596227974473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-33833035626213992312011-03-24T16:56:55.918-05:002011-03-24T16:56:55.918-05:00I find that answer more upsetting than my original...I find that answer more upsetting than my original question to be honest... the egel hazahav was also true (one of the panim on the merkava) but without tracing it to a מקור of a ציווי it is rendered avoda zara...<br /><br />i don't expect you to waste your time reading my long-winded post that i wrote once for my own catharsis so i don't respect a reply on it or anything.. if you do choose you can just skip down to teh paragraph "and so i come to my point"<br /><br />http://danielmokhtar.blogspot.com/2008/08/mental-masturbation.htmlDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703845596227974473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-77194191871379651592011-03-23T23:49:08.402-05:002011-03-23T23:49:08.402-05:00The Parsha Shemini is about the completion of the ...The Parsha Shemini is about the completion of the inauguration of the Tabernacle. The number seven represents all things occurring within the natural construct of this finite world, while the number eight represents all things beyond nature, or infinity. According to Rashi, the eighth day was the day of re-establishing the eternal connection with the Almighty that we had lost when we stumbled and fumbled with the golden calf. Here at the beginning of this portion, we are witness to the momentous occasion of our reconciliation with our Creator, who is beyond all things natural and supernatural. Once Aaron had achieved atonement with the final offerings of the eighth day, the Shechina descended into full view and all of the people fell on their faces. G-d resumed His place among His people. Thus the Torah reminds us that we are a Holy people whose very existence as a nation is beyond nature. Therefore, the prime minister would do well to remember that G-d is the Guardian of Israel and that destroying Jewish homes gives the impression to our enemies that the Israeli government has abandoned the Jewish people who remain in Samaria leaving them at the mercy of the Arab cutthroats. The only way to prevent more killing is for the Israeli politicians to back up the Jewish heroes who are establishing their homes on Jewish land in the face of Arab hatred and, worse yet, Israeli government apathy. More at http://moshesharon.wordpress.comMoshe Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390504237263926956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-75508582313067958182011-03-23T15:34:47.967-05:002011-03-23T15:34:47.967-05:00I don't. The Satmarer, who I was quoting, did...I don't. The Satmarer, who I was quoting, didn't either. It's just a vort, for goodness sake, meaning that the idea is true, irrespective of whether it jibes with reality.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-34058076148150381192011-03-23T15:21:30.894-05:002011-03-23T15:21:30.894-05:00How do you see that Aharon knew the seder of the T...How do you see that Aharon knew the seder of the Torah and could therefore revive the dead?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703845596227974473noreply@blogger.com