Bernard S. Antin's Blog – July 2008 Archive (4)

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DOWN AND GETING UP

The last season wholly belonging to the present year is the Three Weeks between the Fasts of 17 Tamuz and 9 Av, period between the breech of Jerusalem’s city walls and the destruction of the Temple.



The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, the Abridged Code of Jewish Law begins its discussion of this period by stating “Because with the 17th of Tamuz the tribulations associated with the Temple’s destruction [and exile] began therefore some aspects of mourning are observed through Tisha B’Av (9 Av).… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on July 24, 2008 at 2:50am — 2 Comments

AVOTH 6:6 WHAT COMES BEFORE THE 48 THINGS THAT AQUIRE TORAH

The Forty Eight things through which Torah is acquired is incomplete according to Rabbi Aaron Lieb Shtienman Shlita. Rabbi Shtienman notes the Mishna is missing something fundamental, one must be a Jew.



Even if a non-Jew were to follow the regimen set out in the Mishna and assiduously study,Torah will not be fully in one’s grasp. Certainly, the requirement of renouncing idolatry which the Talmud (Migila 13a) declares as the defining a Jew’s worldview.



Yet, Torah study… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on July 17, 2008 at 5:38am — 7 Comments

AVOT 5:19 IT'S BETTER TO BE GOOD THAN LOOK GOOD

The contrast between Avraham Avini A’H and Bilam, the gentile prophet (see BaMidbar 22:2-24:25) is curious. The Torah has Bilam against Moshe Rabbainu A’H not Avraham.



Rabbi Ytzchak Luria, the ARI Z’L ZY’A, explains, both Moshe and Bilam were both partial reincarnations of Adam HaRishon’s son Hevel. Moshe being the realized potential Hevel had for good and Bilam, Hevel’s unresolved capacity for evil . So why compare Bilam to Avraham and not Moshe?



Rashi ZY’A 22:5 (D.H.… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on July 10, 2008 at 1:52am — 1 Comment

AVOT 4:14 TOTAL TORAH PERSONALITY

Rabbi Nahorai advises how to preserve the integrity of Torah as it passes

from one generation to the next. Torah cannot be learnt in a vacuum. One needs more than a teacher and colleagues one needs a Makom Torah, a Torah place.



The Rabbi begins by directing that one should exile themselves to a place of Torah. Exile as Rav Shick Shlita in his Magan Avot is more than a change of locale. Exile to a place of Torah is essentially attitudinal in nature. Where does one’s priorities… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on July 3, 2008 at 5:43am — 3 Comments

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