[Avodah] Did Tziporah say Lashon Hara?

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:

>
> Did the 72 candidates Moshe chose all do a lengthy course of prep for
> nevu'ah, between being chosen and going out?  The Rambam seems to say
> that this is what every person needs to do to complete himself, and
> one who has done so may or may not experience nevu'ah.  A person could
> deliberately not do the prep work, but I can't imagine that his/her
> spouse could order him/her not to.  And once the person is a suitable
> keli for nevu'ah, it doesn't seem to be up to him whether Hashem will
> choose to speak to him.  Are we to believe that when Hashem wants to
> speak to someone they can just not take the call?  Have their secretary
> tell Him that they're out?  Yonah tried to run away from nevu'ah; it
> didn't work.
>
>
>
> --
> Zev Sero
>


I have zero evidence that Hshem does not speak to  anyone or everyone.
nevuah that is special  is limited to  nevu'ah that relates to society as a
whole

We were told this in Ner Israel. The 4 wives of Ya'aqov knew there would be
12 sons but NONE were includied in the list of "nei'im" or nevi'os" the
Asnwer given by my rebb: {quoting someone - Ramban perhaps} is that PIRVATE
nevuah was available to "non-Nevi'im" too. Public ne'uah isdifferent.

A Xtian theolgoian and I had a conversation:  I asked him

> Q: When does G-d talk via Prophets and when via angels?

His answer:

> A: privately via angels, publicly via  prophets.


I'm sure this theologian never read the Rambam. although he had a general
knowledge of Judaism.

Think of  Eishes Manoa'achm, Hagar etc.

I do not know the parameters of the Rambam. Clearly there WERE b'nei nevi'im
doing prep work. The Rambam did not invent the concept of  being on a
madreiga to get  nevi'us.

But Hashem STILL is not bound by any such rules.[Even though people like to
play those games] I know numerous people in my life who  have claimed Divine
commands to do things.  One told me he moved and took his current job on 2
separate Divinie "commands" and that he was assured of a third.

I personally know of Xtians who accepted Mal'achi's heed to give ma'aser and
then almost immediately prospered.

Point? Hashem can bypass the Rambam's requirements, but that is no excuse
for a "ben Navi" not to do his homework.

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