[Avodah] Where Bread Comes From

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Micha: (Re: Hirsch and "nishma"..)
> I also wonder how much the response is formal reflection in conscious
> thought as opposed to experiential.

Both. It is aisi both intellectual contemplation like a RYDS might
do but also the touchy-feely kind that maybe someone likea R Shlomoh
Carelbach might do.

MB:
> One of the things about Hirsch's symbol-based explanation of mitzvos is
> that he doesn't explain how mitzvos have value to someone who doesn't
> posesss the symbol key.

> Good point. But at some subconscious level any Jew growing up in an
> Observant community has a lot of the keys simply by osmosis. A non FFB
> on a desert island with a Kitzur could follow halachah w/o any feeling
> but that is atypical.

Symbolism is powerful and primitive. I had a neck injury. every chicken
neck I see is a reminder. No wonder primitives ate hearts of lions. Power
of suggestion! Emil Coue would have understood how it could transform
a coward into a courageous warrior. Not so magical at all.

After giving blood I use to ask for tomato juice instead of orange juice!
:-)

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For the musically inclined humm kol nidre or dayyeinu or maoz tsur to
even a secular Jew and it will usually conjure some associations.

Highly musical communities use this a lot to reinforce themes I get
chills hearing "duchening music"

KT
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