tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post920574926686232939..comments2024-01-01T00:26:05.685-05:00Comments on Hezbos In YOUR Backyard: Improvising on Oral TorahUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-17100104169933872762012-01-23T12:53:00.163-05:002012-01-23T12:53:00.163-05:00R. Halevy, thanks. OK I'll remove the creep...R. Halevy, thanks. OK I'll remove the creep's worthless comments.in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-12748453559591191842012-01-23T12:08:25.023-05:002012-01-23T12:08:25.023-05:00In view of the blog owner's recent initiative ...In view of the blog owner's recent initiative of posting an article named "Shiloh - The Masquerading Missionary" (published on Sunday, January 22, 2012), where the said talkbacker is finally unmasked and publicly exposed as an intruder, I would kindly request the dear blog owner to "de-shilohize"/ clean up his comments from all previous articles, or at least to censor the most obscene and intolerable parts where he disparages the Talmud and our holy sages in general. It's offensive to all authentic, pure-hearted Jews who visit the blog daily. <br />I take the opportunity to congratulate the blog owner for his excellent production.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-84804178317313382882012-01-21T22:43:03.529-05:002012-01-21T22:43:03.529-05:00Why we suffered for over 2000 years. God's tho...Why we suffered for over 2000 years. God's thoughts are not man's thoughts. We do not know. Why God let 6,000,000 die horrificly, we do not know! The Lubavitcher Rebbe too said we do not know. This world is a testing ground, that's all. In the end, like you say, we will see the truth for what it is. Right now, we have to go by our Midot and mind. I say Midot BEFORE mind because the midah of humility, of self-negation (the proper word is BITUL) must come before mind, because the latter is quite limited. Which is one reason why we must trust our forefathers and sages who were smarter than we are - excluding current-day savants such as yourself.in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-68730467347583637882012-01-12T10:55:53.694-05:002012-01-12T10:55:53.694-05:00Shiloh my friend,
If Jewish tradition were made o...Shiloh my friend,<br /><br />If Jewish tradition were made of people like myself, people like yourself could have good reason for your misconceptions about our sages. But we have mountains of literature written by Torah-giants and utter geniuses throughout the centuries who I take my information from, like Maimonides, Maharal, Shlah, Orech Chaim, Ben Ish Chai, Kli Yakar, Rashi, Ramban, Rashba, the authors of the Shulchan Aruch, and millions of other seforim, all our more recent sages and European Admorim, Yemenite greats, North Africa greats, as well as the likes of like the Arizal, Ba'al Shem Tov, all the Lubavitcher Rabbis.<br /><br />I honestly believe you are more or less living in a vacuum. If you knew all of Talmud and then, afterwards, came to your Sadduccee-like conclusions, that would be another matter, but as of now, it appears as if you want to shoot bullets and you have in your pouch only feathers.in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-71938820302219446662012-01-11T10:55:41.437-05:002012-01-11T10:55:41.437-05:00Shiloh, you say, "The simple fact is that Tal...Shiloh, you say, "The simple fact is that Talmud is just opinions of men who are prone to error."<br /><br />The Talmud is perfect. No mistakes at all. You, however, think they are "just" opinions, and, being that they are "prone to error", you feel you are right, e.g., that tefillin does not derive from Torah, and you, of course, in this matter, as in probably so many more, from your perch, are not prone, as the sages are, to error, or you're much less prone than they, therefore you steadfastly subscribe to Sadduccee logic.in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-74659567665479117012012-01-09T23:23:09.793-05:002012-01-09T23:23:09.793-05:00Bless u for your unswerving emunah my friend.:)Bless u for your unswerving emunah my friend.:)WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-38858752139242190832012-01-09T09:56:00.208-05:002012-01-09T09:56:00.208-05:00Shiloh, your first question ("Why not specify...Shiloh, your first question ("Why not specify...") is a sound one. The reason is because infinity cannot be confined into finiteness! (Laying everything out in detail, as you suggest, even if impossible, Torah would become too immense, overweight, with endless volumes, and, of course, impractical and useless. Plus the fact that it would leave no room for thinking, ingenuity, wisdom, brain power, logical reasoning, etc.)<br /><br />Given the concentration of infinity into one written Torah, you end up with hints in the form of numerical (eg, gematria), vocal (eg, cantillation notes, vowels), visual (eg, shape of letters, word proximity, word omission, extra words, use of synonyms, rearrangement of words, and many more sorts of ways to project the underlying infinity.<br /><br />Much of Torah, therefore, comes by way of hints from the Written Torah, and this is Oral Torah. One example is all the laws that pertain to Tefillin.<br /><br />ALL OF TALMUD, THEREFORE, MUST BE ANCHORED IN WRITTEN TORAH! And rules apply as to how to elaborate or extrapolate from Torah to oral Torah, otherwise it becomes a messy free-for-all, whimsical interpretation that loses its divine essence.in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-36613194049908154252012-01-08T09:35:14.144-05:002012-01-08T09:35:14.144-05:00Vanguard, I wish to copy your blogpost on my site....Vanguard, I wish to copy your blogpost on my site.<br /><br />as for Shiloh - thinking this person is the 1st level<br /><br />The opinions of the people of the Torah regarding belief and the acceptance of the service of God, may He be exalted, are on ten different levels.<br /><br /> <br /><br />The first [level]: people who are led by ignorance, and by the overwhelming effect upon them of base desires, to reject the Torah. They consider the Torah to be like the customs used to guide the other peoples, and like the laws used to govern the fools. [They form this opinion] due to the overwhelming effect of base desire upon their minds and on account of the coarseness of their natures. They do not take upon themselves the yoke of Torah, nor will they be boundby the restraints of reason, for they desire uncontrolled license. Of people of this sort the Wise Man said: A fool does not find pleasure in understanding, but only in baring his heart." (Mishlei 18:2)<br /><br /> <br /><br />Duties of the Heart Feldheim Torah Classics LibraryTidbits of Torahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064258824492926896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-20302539647763102012012-01-08T06:09:20.456-05:002012-01-08T06:09:20.456-05:00People, like horses, will only do what they have a...People, like horses, will only do what they have a mind to do. You need to shed your anger, negate your hyperinflated ego, and absorb Torah to expand your mind; Like a seed that first has to rot before it grows into a tree, like a highjumper who must take a few steps backwards so he could then reach his high point, like the need to empty dirt from the glass if you want to pour into it clean water to drink - a descent for the sake of an ascent!in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32809541.post-55746418419415435612012-01-07T20:49:04.825-05:002012-01-07T20:49:04.825-05:00Exodus 18:20, and many more sources throughout Tan...Exodus 18:20, and many more sources throughout Tanach.in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.com