[Avodah] Sholom Aleichem [was: Tinok Shenishba]

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:30 PM, <T613K at aol.com> wrote:

>   In Avodah Digest, Vol 25, Issue 108 dated 3/25/2008 Arie Folger
> afolger at aishdas.org writes:
>
> When we say, "Borchuni lesholom, malachei hasholom" we are NOT davening to
> the angels!
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> *--Toby Katz
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>


It seems that many  conflate making a request from a Mal'ach with PRAYING to
a mal'ach

This is a gray matter. if the mal'ach has ZERO bechira why even request from
a mal'ach?

There are those who say that a mal'ach HAS bechira but merely lacks a yetzer
horo.  Then reuests [as opposed to prayers] are reasonable.  If a mal'ach is
a machine it is silly.

Imagine plugging in a vacuum cleaner and askig it to suck up some dirt.
silly. There is no bechira.  The correct request would be to HKBH, may my
vacuum do its job well

This is simlar to machnisei Rachamim. No one is PRAYI(NG to them rather
there is a request that they perform their job well on our behalf. This
itself is a subject of controversy.

Example if I am e-mailing you it is silly to request that
cyberspace/internet/world-wide-web speed my message to you, since after all
it has no bechira.

OTOH I might utter a request of our esteemed moderator that he permit my
message to go through to you!

-- 
Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
see: http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/
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