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  Kj -2 years ago

  If you are stuck in your childhood trauma, you still have that childhood purity that can live GD unconditionally.  Go for it.

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  Kj -2 years ago

  Yes, flesh likes to stroke flesh and create war, even internal war!

  If we war, we have an excuse not to do right.

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  To teach wretchedness?

  The mussar movement does that already. Bocherim are taught to go into a bakery and ask for a pound of nails.to feel humiliation 

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  Maybe JFK stole the idea from the Alter Rebbe

  But the Alter Rebbe said to ask what the person is  needed from by HASHEM.  JFK may have stolen or borrowed the idea but he changed it by saying that, instead of asking what you're needed for by HASHEM, the American should ask what his COUNTRY needs him for. Quite a difference! 

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  Sholem Potash -2 years ago

  So now when it says אהבת לרעיך כמוך even this we usually do it for our self but like we said today that Hashem is part of us 

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  The body holds the score. The body is highest

  Perhaps because precisely with the neshoma dafka in the body, and not before or after being in the body, is when the neshoma can reach its highest level, levels unattainable before or after  the neshoma is in the body. 

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  A technical question

  We say kaddish for a yid who has passed away. Even a one day old child.

  We also know that the neshoma enters the fetus on the 40th day after conception. Therefore before the 40th day the fetus is  considered as a mere part of the mother and so, accordingly can be removed.  However after that solid line of the 40th day no such removal can occur unless the fetus is attacking the mother. 

  When then, if the soul is in the fetus after the 59fh day, and  if there is  a spontaneous miscarriage after that day, do we not say kaddish for such a miscarriage? 

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  Menachem av means we comfort the Father

  We can understand that a human Father whose son has "left the house" needs comforting.  So too, we comfort Father whose son is on golus.

  Also, on another lesser level we comfort a human father whose physical house has burnt down. So too we comfort our Fathe in Heaven whose house, at least for the time being, has burnt down.

  And these 2 things, golus and the destruction of the Beis Hamigdash both occurred in the month of Av. So it's appropriate to comfort Him in this month, the month and day of THE YORTZEIT of both golus and the destruction of the Beis Hamigdash. And this is so even though Hashem Himself brought about these 2 things by virtue of His free choice.  

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  True free choice exists only when the neshoma is in the body

  The neshoma above, before entering the body and after leaving the body, has no free choice. Like the angels purely spiritual beings have no free choice  

  Also the body by itself without the neshoma certainly has no free choice because without the neshoma it's dead! 

  So, only when the neshoma is inside the body can there be true free choice. 

  With the combination of soul and body we can lean towards what the soul wants or what the body wants. The soul by its nature wants what Hashem wants as it wanted before it entered the body whereas the body, by its nature wants what the body wants, which by definition is mundane  physical needs. 

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  In davenning we should focus, not on our needs, but on Hashem's needs

  We should align and adjust our needs to those of Hashem. At all times we should ask "What does Hashem want in this situation?"

  And do we see that even though the tradition existed in the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever, Hashem CHOSE Avraham Avinu to be the progenitor of His Chosen People precisely because Avraham was a  chariot for Hashem, another way of saying that he had no needs of his own but was totally "bottel" and subservient to Hashem and Hashem's needs. Even to the ultimate point of being willing to listen to a command and proceed dutifully to sacrifice Isaac  

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  Hashem had true free choice to create creation or not

  Yet, we know that the Torah preceded creation and Hashem looked into the Torah when creating creation. 

  Was then His "free choice" somewhat limited and pre-determined by the fact that the Torah compelled Hashem to go ahead with creation because it says do in the Torah? 

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    Mark G. -2 years ago

    Sarah Goldberg, you always have very deep analytics on these concepts.

    I get very emotional when reading your responses because I can hardly believe there is actualy someone out there who shares this way of looking at things and this logocal style of questioning.

    It seems you may have some of the answers I am seeking.

    Would you share you private email?

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  "Real choice exists with zero bias either way"

  Is then a coin toss (as used in sports to decide who goes first) an example of a decision made with zero bias either way? 

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  Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago

  We are comparing the neshoma with the guf in various ways

  Notice that the neshoma existed BEFORE the guf was created by the physical contributions of the parents. Also the neshoma exists AFTER the guf is long gone and deteriorated. That neshoma then can come back in another human body or some other creation. 

  Also, to better see any difference between the neshoma, think of separating them.  The neshoma without the guf does very well even though this isn't its ultimate purpose and highest level. The guf without the neshoma is not only dead but deteriorates to dust (except the Luz bone from which the eternal guf will be resurrected). 

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• Anonymous -2 years ago

  yafah koach haben etc,

  

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• Anonymous -2 years ago

  maasah rav shteiman

  

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• Anonymous -2 years ago

  more on tzar hashechina- nefesh hachayim

  

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• Anonymous -2 years ago

  seems need to ask for tzar shechina- baal shem

  

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• Anonymous -2 years ago

  Chelek of neshama

  here it implies need to daven from the chelek of neshama

  

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• Anonymous -2 years ago

  question

  I'm Grappling with the issue that mitzad echad we see the chashivus haguf that it is more shayich to the etzem, however, in fusing the ramak with baal shem it seems that  guf needs to be the kli for the or and need the fusion of both kli and or and being concerned with my tzarchey haguf for guf seems to be lacking this element.  It seems  that  it is having the keli devoid of 'or' how is that atzmus? 

  Further his lashon is תפלה באמונה פשוטה איז מחבר עצמות הנשמה מיט עצמות א"ס [אין סוף]

  the Essence of the En Sof and the essence of the soul. Davening with simple faith joins the essence of the soul with the essence of the Infinite,

  Here the stress is the connection of the neshama not the guf.

  How do we make sense at of all of this?

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