Bernard S. Antin's Blog – November 2010 Archive (4)

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LEGACY LESSONS

There are two narratives in the Sidra which at first look seem hardly appropriate for sacred literature. Yehudah and Yossef the Torah relates both got in to situations that would be far beneath these individuals’ lofty spiritual stature. To suggest that the narratives found in Bereshith 38 and 39 come to teach even great men stumble and fail. However, if the underlying purpose of Torah is to enable one…

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Added by Bernard S. Antin on November 25, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

CHOOSING SIDES

VaYishlach concludes with Eaisav’s descendants. Why would the scripture spend so long detailing Eaisav’s family tree? As the Chassidic Masters would assert the Torah is Eternal applying to every Jew throughout time. The notion that the Torah’s relevance transcends the bounds of time or location would be valid for a single letter, how much more so for the 43 sentences in Bereshith 36.



Rashi ZT’L ZY’A (36:2) explains that Ohalibamah’s lineages given as Bat Ana Bat Zivaon which Rashi… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on November 18, 2010 at 6:45am — No Comments

BEYOND NATURAL CAUSES

Faith is not knowledge. Knowledge applies to those things that are proven and verified. Faith covers those things that may lack clinical validation but a combination of actual knowledge, experience and perception that leads to more that can be replicated in the laboratory.



The challenging middle ground is when one’s reality for no apparent reason does not mesh with one’s expectations. Rachel Our Mother A’H allowed her sister Leah to marry Yaakov in her place (see Megilah 13b). Leah… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on November 11, 2010 at 11:34pm — No Comments

AT HOME IN EXILE , NOT

Yitzchak Our Father A’H also encountered a regional famine and as per G-D instruction went to Gerar to live with the Philistines (Bereshith 26:1-6) . Yitzchak was very successful bringing a crop blessed a hundredfold. (26:12).



Yitzchak’s success according to Rabbi Ya’akov Ben Asher ZT’L ZY’A left him wealthier than even the local Monarch, Avimelech, Yet as Rabbi Shimshon Rephael Hirsch ZT’L ZY’A understands that Yitzchak did not hoard his bounty but brought the extra to market for sale… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on November 5, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

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