in honor of my mother, Rivka bat Nazira, on her 88th secular birthday. I also posted on her Hebrew birthday and forgot to acknowledge it!
I'll start by noting that I'm not very good at mussar, either giving it or receiving it. I had a lot of criticism thrown at me when I was a child, with hatred laced in, sometimes with open antisemitism. Over time it became hard for me to tell whether it was meant for my good or it was meant to spit in my eye, so to speak.
I'm finding lately that when I hear the person giving the mussar say that it applies to him or her also, I actually feel better about what's being said!
It is getting clearer that true sovereignty and redemption will not take place until we Jews, whether in Israel or not, get our priorities straight. HaShem — HQB"H — G-d — when will we be able to write His real name out??? — must come first. He rules Creation; His laws, both for Jews and for Gentiles, must be learned and followed.
Both the 613 and the 7.
Eretz Yisrael is HIS possession, and no one will get sovereignty here, in relation to other nations in the world, until we acknowledge His kingship (malkhuth) in every aspect.
What about the parts that are assumed by the Torah? For example: Jews living in Eretz Yisrael; parents teaching their children properly so that honoring them follows? These are not necessarily included in codes anywhere (if so, please let me know), and thus may not be taken as seriously as the ones that are coded (as in the Ramba"m's Sefer haHinukh, for example).
Kindly remember that I wasn't raised religious; now that I am more or less (certainty is not my strong suit), I know something about parents who are not teaching their children properly, and what follows...
We are told that Humroth (going beyond the law, even going beyond the fence around the Torah...) are out of the picture for Pessah this year because of the magefah (plague). Our family comes first (the part that lives in the house with you, that is.). We are doing the best we can just to keep things together this year.
Today, before Pessah, be"H, I present a few videos — even though I risk taking down the internet 😉, which has been massively used since people have been confined to their homes due to corona — that I've watched and listened to in the last week. (I've noticed that most of the videos on the right of what I'm currently watching there are a reflection of what I've been watching recently. Some research questions and viewing out of curiosity can be dangerous to your spiritual health when using the internet for your resource.)
I have long believed that, if these media survive cleansing such as what we're going through currently, the good forces will be able to take over the bad ones and eliminate them.
Rav Yosef Mizrahi says that to perform successful mussar it is best to start with the bitter things first, and end with the sweeter ones. I'm presenting one of his more recent videos today.
So here goes...
~~~ I hope this helps us clarify ourselves and enjoy a great, happy and kosher Pessah holiday!...
...AND...may Mashiah be revealed!!! ~~~
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