Various topics.

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asked 4 years ago

Hello.

According to your words in the second book, there is no fundamental difference between a Jew and a Gentile. How do you explain “All Israel has a share in the world to come?” If there is nothing fundamentally different, why would a Jew receive a salary simply because he is a Jew? In any case, I wonder what the point of this sentence is?

How can one say that Chazal did not have the Holy Spirit? The Talmud is full of miraculous stories, such as a man crossing a river, producing fruit from a fig tree, Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair’s donkey, and so on. I think it’s a bit of an exaggeration to say that all of these stories are baseless inventions that the masses have accepted?

And if we accept that these are baseless legends, why should I believe such liars about the Halacha they conveyed? They are so suspicious of the truth.?

In the second book, you talk about your speech in a synagogue on Shabbat night after an attack in an evening yeshiva. You say there that because God acted unfairly, you allow yourself to be treated unfairly. Something like that.

My question is: Is it because it is still difficult why God does not intervene to prevent such evil? Do you think there is a right to be resentful or angry about it? Or was it simply a form of expression of pain?

Does it seem reasonable to me to believe he has a reason? No?

I would like to know what you think about the non-conscription of yeshiva students. According to you, Torah in our day does not condemn and protect, so why is there any room at all for yeshiva students not to enlist?

Is it more convenient for you to text than to talk on the phone? Because sometimes I have a phone more available?

Thank you very much for the books. And the articles. Their usefulness is incalculable!!!

Thank you very much.

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מיכי Staff answered 4 years ago

First, I claim that there is no difference between a Jew and a Gentile because that is what I see myself. Regardless of the sources. If there are sources that don’t match up, then either they are incorrect (in my opinion) or they should be interpreted differently. Beyond that, legendary sources are subject to many interpretations and therefore it is impossible to learn much from them. The Talmudic stories are legends, and therefore the miracles described in them do not mean much. Do you think that the legends of Rabbah bar bar Hanna are descriptions of facts that existed? Maimonides, in his introduction to the chapter, already stands on the path to the correct interpretation of the legends. But we are not talking about lies, but about a legendary genre for conveying various messages and lessons. I don’t know what I said there. If you want to ask something, quote and ask. In my opinion, God does not intervene in the world at all (or almost at all), and especially in such events. As far as I remember, I came out there mainly against empty consolations and ridiculous perceptions that blame everything on Him. There is a reason not to recruit a limited number of people who are talented and diligent in their studies because of the importance of study, and not because it is protective. It’s usually better for me to correspond, unless there’s a special reason to talk.

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מיכי Staff replied 4 years ago

The questioner continued and wrote:
Only the confirmation of killing: The sentence All Israel has a share in the world to come is not correct? You said in your sermon: “Although Shabbat is not a day of mourning, the Holy One, blessed be He, will have to forgive me for my deviation from the rules, since even in forgiveness he did not act according to the rules here.”
I am really trying to understand whether you have come here with claims about G-d?
Or is this a form of expression of pain. Like the poem by Hanan ben Ari: “Who asked you to throw a soul into me”. Regarding the legends of Rabba bar bar Hanna, I think there is a level of exaggeration here that everyone understands that it is not literally true, but when there are two Tanais or Amoraim, who say that they entered behind the veil and heard things, I do not really see what the point is here, and if they lied so blatantly, I do not understand why we should trust them in transmitting the tradition of Halacha?! Is the need to study Torah to pass the order on? Or is it just that God wants the Jewish people to be busy with Torah? Or is it the same thing?
Thank you very much.

My answer:
Not that I have a problem with making claims to God, but there is no point in making a literary opening.
Regarding Rabba, read my answer again. You are just insisting.