tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104175377510698539.post1389690248646959551..comments2024-03-27T21:13:53.246-04:00Comments on The Second Transition: A Timely Lesson: Let’s Rise Up; Together (INN D'var Torah)Abby Steinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04281596309476294673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104175377510698539.post-43587527834347383462017-05-03T10:12:27.435-04:002017-05-03T10:12:27.435-04:00Not entirely. You present it as an all or nothing ...Not entirely. You present it as an all or nothing proposition. That's demonstrably false. <br />It simply means that she has refused to allow you to co-opt everything they've said, in favor of some archaic notion of right and wrong. There is much more to Chazal than (for example) determining an individual's culpability if a pit they've dug in a public domain is tes tfachim or yud tfachim.<br />Here are some suggestions: <br />Read Pirkei Avos. <br />Learn some Mussar.<br />Try to understand what Hillel told the Ger who asked for a conversion on the condition that he learn the entire Torah while standing on one foot. <br />It would seem that "man disanee lach, lichvricha loi savid" is a great deal more important than how long to wait between hard cheese and a chicken schnitzel sandwich might be.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104175377510698539.post-59032634036112955022017-02-26T15:18:50.081-05:002017-02-26T15:18:50.081-05:00You are quoting Chazal. Does that mean that you be...You are quoting Chazal. Does that mean that you believe in, and adhere to their words? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com