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<div style="text-align: justify;">The Tefillah: Beyond the Words shiur <a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/audio/birkhasAhavah.mp3">resumed this week</a>, picking up where we left off, with <span style="font-style: italic;">birkhas Ahavah.</span><br /><br />Some of the topics discussed:<br /><ul><li>Two dimensions for discussing a <span style="font-style: italic;">middah</span>: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Ahavah Rabba</span>" and "<span style="font-style: italic;">Ahavas Olam</span>"</li><li>How those dimensions are reflected in the structure of the <span style="font-style: italic;">berakhah</span> as a whole</li><li>What is love?</li><li>The <span style="font-style: italic;">avos</span>: Three models for how to express love</li><li>The progression from <span style="font-style: italic;">ahavah</span> (love) to <span style="font-style: italic;">chemlah</span> (pity) to <span style="font-style: italic;">chein</span> (unearned giving)</li><li>The Torah as <span style="font-style: italic;">chuqei chaim</span> (the law for living)</li><li>What do we mean by <span style="font-style: italic;">qiyum hamitvah</span>?</li></ul></div> <br /><br />--<br><font color="gray" size="2">Posted by micha to <a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2006/10/birkhas-ahavah_20.shtml">Aspaqlaria</a> at 10/20/2006 05:48:00 AM</font></body></html>