tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post4092663100266493691..comments2024-03-25T09:43:27.402-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: the hurricane, the snow, and the tent of the ImahosChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-44672244301318170592012-11-09T15:35:43.832-05:002012-11-09T15:35:43.832-05:00and thanks for reminding me about the Lechem, Meno...and thanks for reminding me about the Lechem, Menora, and Anan. I put it into the post.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-72010481805553404362012-11-09T13:55:54.004-05:002012-11-09T13:55:54.004-05:00I am proud of my two nephews who moved out of thei...I am proud of my two nephews who moved out of their apartments and back into their parents' house so that storm refugees could move into their emptied apartments for who knows how long. That's real hishtatfus, like the people at lakewoodsandy that offer rooms and freezer shelves and who knows what else. I'm in Chicago, not much I can do besides give money.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-48208431710414328442012-11-09T12:53:18.322-05:002012-11-09T12:53:18.322-05:00>>> glass-is-half-empty realists
is not ...>>> glass-is-half-empty realists<br /><br />is not the glass realistically half-full?<br /><br /><br />from exactly which pesukim is the Rambam quote?<br />Vayikra 26:23-24? 27-28? a mix of these? "gam-<br />ani"(af-ani?)? "chamas"(ba'chamas?)?<br /><br /><br />>>> why such events happen<br /><br />(not to seem to sidestep the suffering that you<br />say should preclude any immediate reflection, but) maybe this past shemini atzeres one (northeastern) person too many recited <br />'... mashiv ha'ruach u'moride ha'geshem' 101 (or 90) times in a single, whirlwind session, practice which anticipates (& so seems to legitimize) a mechanical recitation of the second bracha of the Amidah (to which Hashem responds, "My Strength, My winds & My rains, are routine? mechanical? predictable? safe?") <br /><br /><br />may everyone recover completely...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com