<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 9, 2008 8:04 AM, <a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com" target="_blank">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a> <<a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com" target="_blank">kennethgmiller@juno.com
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<br>I can't think of a way to reconcile Rav Hirsch and the Ramchal as cited here. I hope someone else will comment.<br><br><br><br>(I would be remiss if I did not mention that despite my strong feelings for the Grand Canyon, they run a far distant Second Place to even the most prosaic sight in Eretz Yisrael.)
<br><br>Akiva Miller</blockquote></div><br><br>It is not so difficult. Rebbe never had hana'ah from olam hazeh either...<br><br>The point of Hirsh is that one can bet a "hispal'us" form seeing the Alps or the Grand Canyon and then it is a wothwhile endeavor to See HKBH in HIS Greatness in this world. it is not about PHYSICAL han'anh it is about spirtual inspiration.
<br><br>Just as niggun inspires SOME- the Alps inspired Hirsch to increase his connection with the Divine. Is that so hard to understand?<br><br>So Lemashal if I heard a concert with the music of Bach and Mozart and received inspiration it would be like Hirsch going to the Alps.
<br clear="all"><br>If a drunk has booze it is a physical pleasure. if a ehrlihcer hassid has a schnappes it is a spiritual event. Simple - no? <br><br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br><a href="mailto:RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com" target="_blank">
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