How to sign the blessing? Is it possible to tell lies?
In the sign of the cross, the column says to sign on the Sabbath, “He who declares a danger to peace upon us and upon all His people Israel and upon Jerusalem,” and not in the usual version, “He who preserves His people Israel forever.” This is because the Sabbath protects
We saw on the last Simchat Torah that Shabbat has no power to protect.
I thought, in order not to be a liar before God, to sign on the Sabbath as on the days of the week, that He would keep His people Israel forever.
But then I thought for a second about the meaning of the words and saw that it doesn’t hold water either, it’s not a good keeper…
Certainly not forever…
I am serious.
How should I sign the blessing without lying and, on the other hand, sign it in the area of the wording that was accepted until recently?
When you say he is setting up a tabernacle of peace, you are not lying. The claim that he is actually protecting us may be the lie, but that is only the flavor of the column and not the meaning of the words themselves.
Beyond that, even this reason is not necessarily false. Observance is not necessarily hermetic. Small disasters happen again and again, and I see no fundamental difference between a major disaster and a minor one. Beyond that, it is possible and reasonable to say that the observance is for those who observe Shabbat and not for its violators (who deserve death anyway). Those who were killed there, the vast majority, were not Sabbath-keepers, but the opposite. Violators of it in public. The Banuwa certainly did not say these words in their prayer to Buddha.
It seems very problematic to me
Many, many Sabbath keepers were killed…
What, he doesn't know how to distinguish between a Sabbath keeper and a non-keeper?
It is also not understood in the Rabbi's answer that
in principle there is a safeguard
but somehow he misses or escapes ‘small’ things
and in fact there is no difference between ‘small’ and ‘big’ things
So what does he manage to keep?
Small things are missed and escapes
and the big ones simply have no difference between them and the small ones…
May our Rabbi teach us
Since you are not new here, I assume you know my opinion on divine involvement in the world. Here I wrote an explanation based on the assumption that there is such involvement.
Observance is not hermetic and in all kinds of circumstances, regardless of the necessary connection to a small or large matter, it is not useful. Therefore, I see no justification for the question raised here.
I do not know how many Sabbath keepers were killed (on Simchat Torah in a massacre. Not in the war). As a rule, those who were killed there were not Sabbath keepers.
Forgiveness from the Rabbi.
The Rabbi is running away
Anyone who thinks that God is now interfering in reality
and knows that the trains and crematoria in Auschwitz also worked on Shabbat
and there were pogroms, attacks and murders on Shabbat, yes and for Shabbat keepers
and on Simchat Torah they were slaughtered and killed and other bad things on Shabbat, yes and for Shabbat keepers
must admit that something is not working in this plan
Shabbat is not really kept
The one who is not really kept.
These are the facts.
One can argue that God is not involved in reality today
and then the question about the blessing still stands
What is the point of a blessing that reality denies?
I think the basic premise is incorrect. When the Sages say that a certain mitzvah causes a certain result, they mean that there is some connection, but not that it is an exclusive or even significant factor. If the connection between a mitzvah and the result were clear, everyone would keep the mitzvah, so there is no doubt that even in the time of the Sages it was a minor connection whose meaning was mainly conceptual (they would not have said to reduce the level of security protection on Shabbat or to put less effort into field work in order to invest in washing hands).
By the way, I do not know if even this minor connection exists in the current reality, it may only exist when the nation is at a higher spiritual level, as is explained in the Torah in many places. I think this is roughly Rabbi Michi's method regarding divine intervention in the existing reality.
PS: As I understand it, this is the simple meaning of the term "hiding one's face": the connection between our relationship with God and material reality is weakened or disappears.
Shabbat is observed, but anyone who has a smartphone is attracting trouble.
Pinchas is right
It is known that
Jews were not massacred on Shabbat until the smartphone appeared in the world
In Simchat Torah, each settlement experienced almost alone (until the army came to its senses) its confrontation with the enemy as a "few against many". The heroism of the alert platoons, policemen and individuals who stood against the enemy almost empty-handed was full of miracles.
This consciousness of a "covenant of fate" and a "covenant of destiny" in which each individual is willing to give up his life for his brother, for the family, for the community and for the entire nation was built over thousands of years in large part thanks to the Sabbaths, in which each individual emerged from the race of his personal material life and connected to the Torah, the community and the hopes of redemption for the entire nation.
The connection to spiritual values, to the aspiration for unity and brotherhood, and the expectation of a world in which the ‘Sukkah of peace’ will be spread over us, over all his people Israel and over Jerusalem’ – is the result of keeping the Sabbath for generations. It is not for nothing that they said: ‘More than Israel kept the Sabbath – the Sabbath kept them’.
Even if there is a certain laxity in keeping the details of the commandments – the spirit that gives a central place to values, faith, and the consciousness of the covenant, has not been lost, and in times of trial it is revived and revived. For many, there is more connection and understanding between parts of the people, more aspiration to strengthen the connection to Judaism, and more hope and faith in a better future.
With greetings, Fish”l
The origin of the expression “more than Israel kept the Sabbath, the Sabbath kept them” (see Wikipedia entry “more than Israel kept the Sabbath” is in the words of “Ahad Ha’am,” who meant keeping the Sabbath in the spirit of the nation.
Best regards, Fishel
More on the reasons for the signature ‘The Spreader of Sukkat Shalom’ –
In Dr. Michael Gross' article, ‘Studies in the Prayer Order – In the Spreader of Sukkat Shalom’, on the ‘Orot Israel College’ website, and in Rabbi Zvi Schwartz's article, ‘”Sukkat Shalom” and ”Sukkat Shalem”‘, on the ‘Torah and Land Institute’ website.
Best regards, Fish”
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