<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><title>[Aspaqlaria] Maharal - Derekh haChaim 1:2 (part 2) - Relationship ep. 2</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/wp-content/themes/hueman/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body>Aspaqlaria has posted a new item, '<a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2022/02/27/derekh-hachaim-1-2-part-2/">Maharal - Derekh haChaim 1:2 (part 2) - Relationship ep. 2</a>'
<p>(If you missed part 1, see <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2022/02/13/the-kloiz/" data-type="post" data-id="6731">Welcome to the Kloiz!</a>)</p>
<p>This week, <strong>Thursday night (Mar 3rd, 2021) 7pm EST</strong> we will continue our study of Meharal, Derekh haChaim 1:2. Go to http://thekloiz.aishdas.org for links to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8900738526?pwd=ZHhqS3kvcUpzZm9GTkJ2empmTm85QT09" target="_blank">the Zoom room</a>, a link to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://chat.whatsapp.com/FCwB85tk6DAElLjP7oBx28" target="_blank">join the WhatsApp group</a>, to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://shiurim.aishdas.org/category/kloiz/" target="_blank">recordings of past shiurim</a>, and the <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/category/kloiz/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">other posts like this one</a>.</p>
<p>Our first week at <em>Zelmele’s Kloiz </em>had lots of wonderful give and take, and many of us stayed on afterward for an exciting discussion. (Which personally, I found quite informative.) Join us at The Kloiz this week!</p>
<p>The story so far:</p>
<p>The Maharal writes that there are three aspects to <em>tov</em> when it comes to human beings:</p>
<ul><li>The inherent <em>tov </em>of a person in-and-of themselves. The way Hashem called various things He created as well as the universe as a whole “<em>tov</em>” before it even did anything.</li><li>The <em>tov </em>people possess in our relationship with the Creator.</li><li>And the <em>tov</em> in how we relate to others.</li></ul>
<p>The Maharal sees the three pillars of our <em>mishnah </em>as these same aspects of <em>tov</em>:</p>
<ul><li>Torah: Hashem’s wisdom, the route to self-prefection,</li><li>Avodah: <em>mitzvos bein adam laMaqom</em> (whose epitome is <em>avodah</em> – <em>qorbanos</em> or at least <em>tefillah</em>), and </li><li>Gemillus Chassadim: <em>tov </em>in our relationships with other people.</li></ul>
<p>I personally suggested that these also correspond to the three crowned utensils in the Mishkan and Beis haMiqdash:</p>
<ul><li>The crown on <em>aron</em>, which contains the luchos and holds the original Torah — the crown of Torah.</li><li>The one on the <em>mizbeiach hazahav</em>, which was taken by the <em>kohanim </em>— the crown of <em>avodah</em>.</li><li>The crown on the <em>shulchan</em>, which has a loaf of bread for each of the <em>shevatim</em>. The crown of providing for the people’s needs — <em>gemillus chassadim </em>— is the crown of kings, taken by David haMelekh.</li></ul>
<p>I also raised the question of the three uncrowned <em>keilim</em> which seem to parallel the three crowned ones. After all, the <em>menorah</em> is also understood in terms of Torah and wisdom, the two <em>mizbeiach</em>s are an obvious parallel, and the <em>kiyo</em>r is also about our relationship to the physical — if in a very different way than the <em>shulchan</em>. But we are going to shelve that question until later, when we study the Gra…</p>
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