[Avodah] Your brother's a Mumar; here's the solution!

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Moshe Y. Gluck <mgluck at gmail.com> wrote:
: Are any women in Tanach described as loving their husbands?

R' Joshua Meisner Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:21 PM
: Michal bas Shaul, although technically it was before she married him (Sh"A
: 18:20).  

On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 08:19:28PM -0400, R Stuart Feldhamer wrote:
: Great example - see Sh"B 6:16 : )

A marriage with no anger and fighting isn't a healthy marriage.

I used this idea to explain Avraham's argument with the RBSO WRT Sedom,
and Moshe's battle to save Kelal Yisrael. I suggested that even when it
comes to the RBSO, He expects a real relationship from us. And since
we're human beings, that includes times of anger and argument.
<http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/10/angry-at-g-d.shtml> which closes:
> By getting angry one is participating in a personal connection to the
> Creator. Hashem is real, I am relating to Him. He is the Cause of
> something I didn’t want to happen. If as part of a healthy
> relationship, it could be a positive thing. Far more troubling would
> be the distance from Hashem implied by apathy.

> After all, we are the Benei Yisrael. How did we get the name Yisrael?
> Because Yaaqov avinu battled an angel, and the angel responded: "[Hebrew
> ellided] ... And he said, "No longer will they call you Yaaqov, but
> rather Yisrael; for you have struggled with G-d and with people,
> and succeeded."

> Anger at G-d may seem inappropriate. But not being motivated to struggle
> with our unanswerable questions about His Actions is far, far worse.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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