A Tale of Three Relationships -- Communication, Intimation and Intuition
Between Biblical Commandments, Rabbinic Instructions, and Jewish Customs
- September 27, 2010
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- 19 Tishrei 5771
Rabbi YY Jacobson
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In the loving memory of Naomi bas David Cohen in honor of her yartzeit on Simchas Torah.
Dedicated by David & Eda Schottenstein in the loving memory of Alta Shula Swerdlov, Rabbi Gavriel Noach & Rivki Holtzberg & all of the Mumbai Kedoshim
Class Summary:
The hallmark of a loving marriage is each partner’s readiness to fulfill the explicit will of their spouse. If one partner expresses a desire for something, the other will do everything in his or her power to bring about its fulfillment.
A greater love is demonstrated when each partner also strives to fulfill the implied will of the other. To the truly devoted spouse, it makes no difference if a desire has been explicitly expressed or merely hinted at—he or she will carry it out with the same devotion and commitment to the loved one’s gratification.
Finally, there are those very special marriages in which there is no need for even the merest of allusions. So deep is the bond between husband and wife that each intuitively knows what the other wants of him or her. Indeed, when two people love each other to such a degree, there is no greater joy than that experienced when one has succeeded in sensing and satisfying the other’s desire all on one’s own.
The observances of the month of Tishrei also fall into three categories. There are “biblical precepts”—commandments that are explicitly stated in the Torah. These include mitzvot such as sounding the shofar, fasting on Yom Kippur, or eating in the sukkah. There are also a number of “rabbinical mitzvot”—observances instituted by the prophets and the sages by the authority vested in them by the Torah. For example, the five prayer services held on Yom Kippur, the taking of the “Four Kinds” on all but the first day of Sukkot, and the pouring of the water on the Temple altar on each morning of Sukkot, are all rabbinical institutions.
Finally, the month of Tishrei has many minhagim or “customs,” such as eating an apple dipped in honey on the first night of Rosh HaShanah or conducting the kapparot in the wee hours of the morning on the day before Yom Kippur. The minhagim are not mandated by biblical or rabbinical law, but by force of custom: these are things that we ourselves have initiated as ways to enhance our bond with our Creator.
This class will analyze the difference between the three types of relationships and demonstrate how the relationship between the Jew and G-d is established during the month of Tishrei in the same three paradigms. It explored the three major categories of Jewish tradition: biblical instructions, rabbinic injunctions and Jewish customs.
Finally we will discover the climax of Tishrei: The dancing Hakafot on Simchat Torah, merely a custom, yet generating the most intense joy.
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Rabbi YY Jacobson
- September 27, 2010
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- 19 Tishrei 5771
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In the loving memory of Naomi bas David Cohen in honor of her yartzeit on Simchas Torah.
Dedicated by David & Eda Schottenstein in the loving memory of Alta Shula Swerdlov, Rabbi Gavriel Noach & Rivki Holtzberg & all of the Mumbai Kedoshim
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Anonymous -3 years ago
Thank you!
Thanks Rabbi!
I'm proud do say that my relationship to my wife belongs to the 3rd category of "Intuition"!
I'm have ability to know exactly what my wife wants not only before she tells me, but before she even realizes that she wants it.
In fact my intuition is so deep, 99% of the time she does even know that she wants or needs it, to the point that she always disagrees with me and tells me that I shouldn't have "done it" or "said it" or "bought it". She's truly a humble woman, true Aishet Ha'yil :)
Shana Tova and have a wonderful year ahead! :)
Elvis
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Abe -5 years ago
Could this be what Rashi means in parshas Ki Sisa?:
רש"י
חכמה . מַה שֶּׁאָדָם שׁוֹמֵעַ מֵאֲחֵרִים וְלָמֵד:
תבונה. מֵבִין דָּבָר מִלִּבּוֹ מִתּוֹךְ דְּבָרִים שֶׁלָּמַד:
דעת . רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ:
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Anonymous -5 years ago
tale of three relationships
Beautiful message.
Could this be what Rashi means in parshas Ki Sisa?:
רש"י
חכמה. מַה שֶּׁאָדָם שׁוֹמֵעַ מֵאֲחֵרִים וְלָמֵד:
תבונה. מֵבִין דָּבָר מִלִּבּוֹ מִתּוֹךְ דְּבָרִים שֶׁלָּמַד:
דעת. רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ:
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Degel -11 years ago
B”H
Does this episode and its insight somehow connect with episode “Tzaraas on houses” from Parsha Metzora?There we also deal with teshuva and how it brought great reward to the person who could find treasure in the foundation of his/her destroyed house.
Small children, we got candies at the beginning from Him...
Now after three thousand years did we achieve any progress in that?
G-d knows us from inside and He pretty awares how hard, sometimes even unbearable it is for a person to return, to confess, to look at the ugly face of his or her mistake and correct it.
Is that what A-mighty wants most from us? Is that what brings Him ultimate pleasure?
Then why are we so limited with the tools to "fight the battle over these selfish, greedy, mindless and reckless temptations?"
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