[Avodah] Kol Yisrael Areivim...

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 05:29:32PM -0500, Richard Wolberg wrote:
: Whether it's "zeh lazeh," "zeh bazeh", "zeh mizeh", or "zeh  
: ayzeh" (sounds like a new niggun), the bottom line is we're still  
: responsible. Too much theory can cloud practice.

I think "mixed one into the other" is a far stronger statement with
different import than "guarantors one for the other". One calls for me
to take responsibility. The other calls on me to not view another Jew
as through he is really "another". Duty vs intimate bond.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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