[Avodah] nervousness and trepidation

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 11:19:21PM +1000, SBA wrote:
: Yomom Moyro'im, rather than Yomim Noyro'im...?

Both are from /y-r-a/. How do nora and mora differ?

When Avos 1:3 speaks of "mora Shamayim" is it something different than
the usual idiom of yir'as Shamayim? Isn't "mah nora hamaqom hazeh" (Yaaqov
avinu, when waking up from the ladder dream) an example of Mora Miqdash?

LAD, and I invite Mesorah crowd to chime in:

"Mora" would refer to the actual emotion that underlies fear and awe.
(Realization of magnitude?) Therefore I'm not sure there is a "mora'im"
but if it does exist, perhaps it would mean yir'as ha'onesh vs yir'as
hacheit vs yir'as haRomemus, vs fear of dying... different kinds of
yir'ah.

Whereas "nora'im" would be the proper adjective to use when referring
to a collection of things you feel yir'ah toward.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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