tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post4813629650212328438..comments2024-03-25T09:43:27.402-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: the mystery of parah adumahChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-57213525229992597782014-03-24T15:57:19.212-04:002014-03-24T15:57:19.212-04:00To combine the first R' Elchonon in kovetz ma&...To combine the first R' Elchonon in kovetz ma'amorim, and the GR"A, emunah and the recognition of what is proper is within each individual - the chelek Elokah mi'ma'al. It is ga'avah and ta'avah that obscures it.<br /><br />Critically, [iterating a recent topic] emunah is in the lev - i.e., emotion. On Purim, the kabbalah stemmed from ahava.<br /><br />Thus, Shlomo HaMelech can be understood: I thought I could understand the Torah through chochma, but with that approach, it remained rechoka mimeni. <br /><br />Conjecture: the primary destructiveness of the etz ha'da'as was in creating an intellectual, as opposed to an emotional, approach to life. Note that in the ten Sefirot, it one counts Kesser, one cannot count Da'as, and vice versa.<br /><br />As in, חשבונות רבים is the antithesis of ישרgreat Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15728976902210831137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-72562030264236695462014-03-24T15:24:20.319-04:002014-03-24T15:24:20.319-04:00It all boils down to the assumption that belief st...It all boils down to the assumption that belief starts as something that resonates inside; the philosophical justifications and fancy intellectual categories only come after the fact. Da'as is a product, not a cause. <br />Maimonidean's would probably take issue with that.Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-47818828709720518582014-03-24T12:47:40.420-04:002014-03-24T12:47:40.420-04:00Which explains the connection between the kabolas ...Which explains the connection between the kabolas torah of Purim and ad d'lo yadah [bain tov l'rah].great Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15728976902210831137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-89052647014923283302014-03-24T11:24:09.268-04:002014-03-24T11:24:09.268-04:00I think the C.S. in the Derashos explains that'...I think the C.S. in the Derashos explains that's why it's called chukas hatorah and not chukas haparah. But you made me realize there is one other point I should add to the post... I'm going to edit it now.Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-79347734235311672272014-03-24T10:48:12.002-04:002014-03-24T10:48:12.002-04:00Let's go a tiny step further.
Shlomo Hamelech...Let's go a tiny step further.<br /><br />Shlomo Hamelech said, אמרתי אחכמה והיא רחוקה ממני, which chazal say is <br />referring to the Parah Adumah.<br />The Brisker Rov [IIRC], understands this to mean that when Shlomo Hamelech<br />ran into the "problem" of the Parah, he suddenly realized that היא, the entire תורה,<br />was רחוקה ממני.<br />Because, based on this Chasam Sofer, the entire concept of שכר ועונש and historical <br />progression runs into the brick wall between ידיעה ובחירה<br /><br />And the only reason I am writing this is because I did.great Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15728976902210831137noreply@blogger.com