An additional point to the shiur on לויה see http://danielmokhtar.blogspot.com/2008/04/pesach-shiur-yound-israel-holliswood.html
לו ישמעאל יחיה לפניך.. בראש' יז יח ותרגומו מלש' ולוי והלואי
and Rashi there הלואי שיחיה ישמעאל איני כדאי למתן שכר כזה
seemingly related to the basic idea of הלואה where you just ask for the principle back without looking for returns of profits.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sefer Yehoshua Thoughts
- the connection of צדק to ירושלים. The kings of ירושלים being מלכי צדק ואדני צדק. Also צדק ילין בה
- (Yeho' 13:21)- the 5 kings of midian having been originally subordinates of the kingdom of Sichon, hence, a new understanding of וירא בלק... את כל אשר עשה ישראל לאמרי
- any meaning behind the city of dvir, which is kiryat sefer, being written chaser as דבר
- why the constant mentioning of the Migrashei ha'Leviim, separate and apart from the cities themselves.. both in the original request to Yehoshua (21:2) and every single time the cities are mentioned in the list of 42..... שכם ומגרשה... גזר ומגרשה.... just include everything in one pasuk at the end .... כל אלה ומגרשיהם or something like that
- (Yeho' 13:21)- the 5 kings of midian having been originally subordinates of the kingdom of Sichon, hence, a new understanding of וירא בלק... את כל אשר עשה ישראל לאמרי
- any meaning behind the city of dvir, which is kiryat sefer, being written chaser as דבר
- why the constant mentioning of the Migrashei ha'Leviim, separate and apart from the cities themselves.. both in the original request to Yehoshua (21:2) and every single time the cities are mentioned in the list of 42..... שכם ומגרשה... גזר ומגרשה.... just include everything in one pasuk at the end .... כל אלה ומגרשיהם or something like that
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Breaking New Ground
The connection of existential existence הויה with "being broken" הוה ושבר כמ"ש משלי (י' ג') וְהַוַּת רְשָׁעִים יֶהְדּף
Possibly the idea being that in true "breaking of oneself" one comes to a new existential state.
Possibly the idea being that in true "breaking of oneself" one comes to a new existential state.
Persian Etymology -- mah, moon
The direct connection of the word for moon in persian, mah, with מ"ה. i.e. מלכות
Also note: Mommy = מ"ה מ"י
Also note: Mommy = מ"ה מ"י
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
מלך ועני
A thought that came regarding the interrelationship of the two...
In assessing any large system or structure one must know the extent and status of it's bottom. The bottom level literally defines the scope and extent of the entire structure (the melech's malchut). A structure can be gauged as being fundamentally valuable only when the lowest common denominator can be gauged and assessed, as in ויתן המלך את-הכסף בירושלם כאבנים ואת הארזים נתן כשקמים אשר בשפלה לרב (Melachim I 10:27) and in וירח את ריח בגדיו.
The situation of the עני is the ultimate gauge by which the melech's melucha is defined. Hence the prayer of the עני uniquely having direct access to Hashem and the behavior of a Dovid Hamelech in ידי מלוכלכות בדם ובשפיר ובשליא כדי לטהר אשה לבעלה . It's the bottom which is most important to the top: וידע כל פעול כי אתה פעלתו ויבין כל יצור כי אתה וכו
"You're only as strong as your weakest link"
[afterwards, I found that this is a concept that I had already heard in my Rebbe, R' Matis Weinberg's shiur on chesed sheb'malchut]
In assessing any large system or structure one must know the extent and status of it's bottom. The bottom level literally defines the scope and extent of the entire structure (the melech's malchut). A structure can be gauged as being fundamentally valuable only when the lowest common denominator can be gauged and assessed, as in ויתן המלך את-הכסף בירושלם כאבנים ואת הארזים נתן כשקמים אשר בשפלה לרב (Melachim I 10:27) and in וירח את ריח בגדיו.
The situation of the עני is the ultimate gauge by which the melech's melucha is defined. Hence the prayer of the עני uniquely having direct access to Hashem and the behavior of a Dovid Hamelech in ידי מלוכלכות בדם ובשפיר ובשליא כדי לטהר אשה לבעלה . It's the bottom which is most important to the top: וידע כל פעול כי אתה פעלתו ויבין כל יצור כי אתה וכו
"You're only as strong as your weakest link"
[afterwards, I found that this is a concept that I had already heard in my Rebbe, R' Matis Weinberg's shiur on chesed sheb'malchut]
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Aleph Beit Thoughts
I thought it interesting to note some peculiarities:
1. the letters ק and ל , being the only letters to extend below or above the sentence lines of writing. Cf. קול , בלק, עמלק
(Also, is there any connection to the קערת כסף אחת שלשים ומאה משקלה or the 130 years that Adam was separated from Chava?)
2. the מ in מנצפך being the only one that actually becomes סתומה in being at the end. The others all becoming פתוחות ופשוטות. And the usage of the Mem Setumah even in the middle of words as in Yeshayahu לםרבה המשרה. The letters ס and מ then being the only "closed" letters in the alphabet and flanking the 'נ' from both sides.
1. the letters ק and ל , being the only letters to extend below or above the sentence lines of writing. Cf. קול , בלק, עמלק
See also the Targum of פר' נחש נחשת בחקת -- on the word שרפים
וְגָרֵי יְיָ בְּעַמָּא, יָת חִיוָוָן קָלַן, וְנַכִּיתוּ, יָת עַמָּא and notice then how the punishment is directly connected to their sin of לחם הקלקל.
(Also, is there any connection to the קערת כסף אחת שלשים ומאה משקלה or the 130 years that Adam was separated from Chava?)
2. the מ in מנצפך being the only one that actually becomes סתומה in being at the end. The others all becoming פתוחות ופשוטות. And the usage of the Mem Setumah even in the middle of words as in Yeshayahu לםרבה המשרה. The letters ס and מ then being the only "closed" letters in the alphabet and flanking the 'נ' from both sides.
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