[Avodah] Naso

[Simon Montagu via Avodah]

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 3:18 AM, Micha Berger via Avodah <
avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
>
> Go to the instructions for how to prepare a conversion candidate on Yevamos
> 47b. We teach some mitzvos qalos and some mitzvos chamuros, and which
> mitzvos are listed specifically?
>
> Interestingly, these same mitzvos are central to Megillas Rus, our choice
> of Shavu'os reading.
>
> To my mind, this is because while we may think of "observant" in terms
> of Shabbos, Kashrus and ThM, Tanakh and Chazal assume the paragon of
> observance is leqet, shichekhah, pei'ah and ma'aser ani.
>

Barukh shekkivanti. I made exactly this comparison in a Tikkun Leil Shavuot
this time last year, and a parallel observation in a shi`ur last Shabbat:
when the Zohar needs an example of how Basar veDam can make a hit`aruta
dil'tata which will cause a hit`aruta dele`ela and kickstart the process of
atzilut shefa from the upper to lower worlds, it typically says something
like "hoshiv ani al shulhanecha". Because for Hazal, the Torah is above all
Torat Hesed.
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