[Avodah] The Main Idea of Judaism

[hankman]

I will try one more rephrase of my previous posts. The central theme (RMB will probably still not like this as an answer to his question), and I think equivalent to “rotzon H’,” and of “tikun olom,” is to do that which will be a kidush H’ and be megadel shem shomayim bo’olom. Every mitzva or positive deed you do is to lesser or greater degree a kidush H’ (and to avoid the opposite). I think these ideas are essentially one and the same viewed from different perspectives. I would have great difficulty to attempt to differentiate between them, if in fact the overlap is not complete.

Kol tuv

Chaim Manaster


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CM wrote:
It just occurs to me to add to what I posted previously and reproduced
below that if the central theme is do Tikun Olom so hatava from HKB'H
can flow to you, the central theme of tikun olam is to emulate HKB'H
(ma hu rachum af ata rachum etc). The tikun olam is not just a means to
"earn" ones keep, but it is also the mechanism that enables the hatava to
flow. The emulation creates a sheychus and allows the relationship to H'
(the flow of hatava) to exist, the greater the emulation (the more G-D
like), the greater the relationship, the greater the hatava.

Kol tuv
Chaim Manaster
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CM wrote:
I think that what I expressed comes very close to shivisi H' lenegdi
tamid.

I guess for for another try I will go back to basic notions from the
sefer Derech H'

So, the purpose of the bria is so HKB'H can be maitiv lezuloso. This
is structured so that we can "earn" our hatava by tikun olam (not sure
who originated this phrase) and of ourselves. The details of the tikun
("earning" our keep) are those laid out in the many details of the
commands of the Torah.

>From my point of view, this last paragraph just fleshed out (slightly)
what the rotzon of HKB'H was in my first response. Of course this has
more layers than an onion if you wish to flesh it out even more.

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