[Avodah] Where Bread Comes From

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:32:31AM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
: Who says that's to inspire anyone?  The gemara says explicitly that
: it's because only this sequence will induce the Ruach Ra'ah to go away.

I recall an article in Gesher (a YU journal), from the mid-80s, in which
the author contrasts neigl vasr al pi halakhah with al pi nistar.

The gemara requires washing bekoach gavra before eating or doing mitzvos.

It is qabbalah, not halakhah (except the halakhos that require respecting
minhag, at this point) that requires a specific pattern. The author
also noted that nigleh seems to treat taharah as a precondition for
certain activities, whereas nistar treats it as a state that is wrong
and should be corrected as soon as possible.

Following the qabbalah-derived version that is extrahalachic is about
being inspired by ideas of aggadita. No?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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