tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post5058081172632842480..comments2024-03-25T09:43:27.402-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: a shidduch for Yitzchak AvinuChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-29500727492357708402013-11-02T23:49:02.888-04:002013-11-02T23:49:02.888-04:00It says bas ploni liploni, so could be we're t...It says bas ploni liploni, so could be we're talking about in all cases she wasn't born yet.<br /><br />Chaim, which derasha is the Ran? The vort is shver because Lavan and Besuel were all bad people! Binyomin Adlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05651877976203390260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-11620974225569809402013-11-01T09:09:40.369-04:002013-11-01T09:09:40.369-04:00I don't know. Why can it not be true if the w...I don't know. Why can it not be true if the wife has not been notzar yet -- it's a prophetic idea?<br />I think I remember seeing an interpretation that reads the whole gemara as symbolic, but I can't recall where. Sorry!Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-26969923172717577832013-10-31T03:15:42.272-04:002013-10-31T03:15:42.272-04:00could you please explain how the gemara says 40 da...could you please explain how the gemara says 40 days before yetziras havlad the bas kol says "ploni will marry plonis".<br />I have trouble understanding this because when wife is younger, it's more than 40 days before the yetzira of her vlad, so the statement doesn't hold true for her?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04762394582963825267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-48561713388168025062013-10-29T12:48:00.482-04:002013-10-29T12:48:00.482-04:00Using a word like "DNA" when you are tal...Using a word like "DNA" when you are talking about a spiritual entity makes it confusing. Is the transmission process a physical one, like genetics, or are you talking about a spiritual process? I think the Ran thought of it in the former sense, but you mean it in the latter sense.<br /><br />Would Yitzchak's bride, had she been a Canaanite, have undergone geirus to join Avraham's family? I don't see why not -- "es hanefesh asher asu b'Charan" = geirim. So why would that not wipe out her spiritual DNA of the past -- ger she'nisgayeir k'katan she'nolad? This is only a kashe if you are talking about the passing on of spiritual stuff. However, if midos are passed on like a physical trait, then the question is moot, as geirus doesn't change your physical genes. A hemophiliac doesn't become a non-hemophiliac if he does geirus. I think that's the Ran's point -- in his lexicon, midos are like hemophilia. That's why Avraham avoided Canaan.Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-52024533850277565962013-10-29T08:39:07.119-04:002013-10-29T08:39:07.119-04:00I am positing that there is a spiritual DNA [of wh...I am positing that there is a spiritual DNA [of which, perhaps, our physical DNA is a gashmiyusdik manifestation or projection]. Geirus inculcates this spritual DNA [or reveals it, as the ger was at Har Sinai.] If anything, many geirim<br />were paradigms of mesiras nefesh - e.g., the Ger Tzedek of the time of the GR"A.<br /><br />The meforshim [methinks the MaHARSH"A, among others, but I'm too lazy to check] say that middos are transmitted maternally [spiritual mitochondria?]. If a girl does not have brothers, check her maternal uncles.<br /><br />Since here, mazal refers to the character, I am assuming it refers to the individual's spiritual DNA.great Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15728976902210831137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-42554049974946704212013-10-29T08:19:52.070-04:002013-10-29T08:19:52.070-04:00You can simply say that the legacy of Avraham Avin...You can simply say that the legacy of Avraham Avinu is built into the Jewish psyche - not built into our physical genes. I assume a ger has the same proclivity for mesirus nefesh as we do.<br />Same with yivdok b'ache'ha -- a girl who sees certain things at home will take those things with her. <br />Spiritual influence - yes; psychological influence - yes; but do you think a behavior like gemilus chessed relates to a specific chromosome on our DNA? <br />What does mazal have to do with genetic inheritance? Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-276844269814288222013-10-28T14:39:25.539-04:002013-10-28T14:39:25.539-04:00Why do you say that middos are not inherited? Som...Why do you say that middos are not inherited? Someone who is born under mazal ma'adim can choose how this spiritual genotype expresses itself, but cannot change it, e.g. And יבדוק באחיה also implies inheritance.<br /><br />Comp. the famous Ruach HaChayim [a great name for a blog, if you're looking for one] about how for Avrohom Avinu, mesiras nefesh was an almost insurmountable nisayon, but once he did it, it became part of the Jewish spiritual DNA and far easier for his descendents. great Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15728976902210831137noreply@blogger.com