<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><title>[Aspaqlaria] Gra, Peirush al Kamah Agados #14 (part 1) - Relationship ep. 6</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/2022/04/27/gra-paka-14-part1/">Gra, Peirush al Kamah Agados #14 (part 1) - Relationship ep. 6</a>'
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<p><strong>Thursday night (Apr 7th, 2021) 7<sup><span style="text-decoration: underline;">pm</span></sup> EDT</strong> we started our study of the Vilna Gaon’s Peirush al Kama Agados, <em>agadah </em>#14. In it, the Vilna Gaon unpacks the metaphor of an aggadita on Bekhoros 8b, where the Elders of Athens challenge Rabbi Yehoshua ben Channania to build them a “house in the air of the world”.</p>
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<p>Our first weeks at <em>Zelmele’s Kloiz </em>had lots of wonderful give and take, and many of us stayed on afterward for exciting discussions. (Which personally, I found quite informative.) <strong>This week (Thu Apr 7<sup>th</sup>) was a great time to join, as we start a new text</strong> — the Vilna Gaon’s Peirush al Kamah Agados, <em>agadah</em> #14!</p>
<p>The story so far (the table may yet grow with the Gra):</p>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" style="text-align: center;" colspan="4" data-align="left"><strong>Maharal</strong></td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Tov</strong></td>
<td>Inherent /<br><strong>Relationship to Soul</strong></td>
<td><strong>Relationship to Hashem</strong></td>
<td><strong>Relationship to Others</strong></td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" style="text-align: center;" colspan="4" data-align="left"><strong>Micha’s <em>Miqdash</em> Speculation</strong></td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Crowns</strong></td>
<td>Torah</td>
<td>Kehunah</td>
<td>Kingship</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Crowned Kelim</strong></td>
<td>Aron</td>
<td>Mizbeiach haZahav</td>
<td>Shulchan</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Uncrowned Keilim</strong></td>
<td>Menorah</td>
<td>Mizbeiach Nekhoshes</td>
<td>Kiyor</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" style="text-align: center;" colspan="4" data-align="left"><strong>Maharal (cont.)</strong></td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Pillars</strong></td>
<td><strong>Torah</strong></td>
<td><strong>Avodah</strong></td>
<td><strong>Gemilus Chasadim</strong></td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Uprooting Sin</strong></td>
<td>Gilui Arayos</td>
<td>Avodah Zara</td>
<td>Shefichas Damim</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Sustains the world</strong></td>
<td>… gives the world value.</td>
<td>… for it was created <em>liKhvodi</em></td>
<td>… causes Hashem’s <em>Chessed</em> to the world</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Avos</strong></td>
<td>Yaaqov</td>
<td>Yitzchaq</td>
<td>Avraham</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Yaaqov/Yisrael as Synthesis</strong></td>
<td>Yaaqov<br>Rivqa’s two bracelets of 5 gold each</td>
<td>Yitchaq<br>Rivqa’s nose-ring</td>
<td>Rivqa</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Sefer haYetzirah “Mother Letters”</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;">א</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ש</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">מ</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Non-Intert Elements</strong></td>
<td>Air/Wind (<strong>א</strong>וויר)</td>
<td>Fire (א<strong>ש</strong>)</td>
<td>Water (מים)</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Element as Middah</strong></td>
<td>Thought<br>in Torah</td>
<td>Passion / “<em>Hislahavus</em>“<br>in <em>Avodah</em></td>
<td>Calm / Unity<br>in relating to other people</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Protecting Torah / Anshei Keneses haGdolah</strong></td>
<td>Establishing many students</td>
<td>Diligence in Law</td>
<td>Making a siyag laTorah<br>(i.e. morality rather than precise Law)</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Dynamic</strong></td>
<td>Middle<br>(Synthesis or Dialectic)</td>
<td>Truth / Law</td>
<td>Peace / Lovingkingness</td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" style="text-align: center;" colspan="4" data-align="left"><strong>Gra</strong></td>
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<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Aspect of Soul</strong></td>
<td>Ruach</td>
<td>Neshamah</td>
<td>Nefesh</td>
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<td><strong>Desires</strong></td>
<td>Ego</td>
<td>Spiritual</td>
<td>Physical</td>
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