[Avodah] Religion and Falsifiability

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 10/26/07, Elliott Shevin <eshevin at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>  R. Richard Wolpoe wrote:
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> Torah gives us rules of conduct for most human activity. If Torah is
> the blueprint for self-perfection, then following those rules is part of
> that.
>

Lo ki ela the Torah gives 613 mitzvos and NOT ONE person in Israel can
possibly do all l613
The Original Torah was NEVER meant for the indivdual,that is claer. If you
want to say the Torah morphed in the time of the Mussar Movement, then by
all means say THAT.

In fact RYBS talks about two Brissos - natilnal and covenental
Tora is about lilmod ulelamed. W/o a talmid there is no rav.
etc.

Justt becaue people choose to THINK that the Torah is about prrefection of
the indivdual does not mean it IS about perfection of the individual.
Illustration:
Shem vo'Ever were individuals. The Covenat went to Avrahm but he was an av
hamon Goyim.




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>
> Adaraba. If you keep just weights, lend money for free, leave the ox
> unmuzzled when threshing--you're busy perfecting yourself,
> even if you're neither learning, meditating, or praying as you do.
>

Elly


Lo ki Ela If you cheat your neibghobor you create a Dor hamabu scoeityl. The
mitzva is about  how to behave in a society so as NOT to have people
cheating. The problem is homos not self-perfection per se. You can cheat
yourself all day and who would know or care?

-- 
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