[Avodah] Yir'ass HaShem (Was Re: Yeshivishe Peyos)

A & C Walters acwalters at bluebottle.com
Mon Jul 2 13:08:21 PDT 2007


It is actually a mefureshe Ramba"n al haTorah (Shemos 20:8) Zochor es yom
hashabos, that an assay is ahavah, and a lav is yirah (and since ahavah is
bigger than yirah, we say asay doyche loy saseh"

> R' Micha Berger wrote:
> > I am not sure I agree with this assumption that ahavah is
> > more associated with an assei, and yir'ah with a lav. For 
> > example, I'm more cautious with my wife's feelings than 
> > with someone I care less about. Is that ahavah or yir'ah?

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