[Avodah] The Two Tablets

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 09:17:22AM -0500, Rich, Joel wrote:
:> I have myself been the victim of rudeness on the part of frum Jews in
:> Brooklyn and Yerushalayim so I know that we have people in our midst
:> who could stand to have their rough edges polished. Nevertheless we
:> have so much to be proud of. We need to stress what is positive about
:> our community, when there is so much more light than darkness.

: Interesting debate between 2 schools of mussar-gadlut haadam and shiflut haadam.

However, "shiflus ha'adam" is not about how man is basically evil. It's
about how dependent we are on HQBH. Novhardok's shiflus ha'adam can not
be separated from their emphasis on bitachon.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha