<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Ira Tick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:itick1986@gmail.com">itick1986@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">wn.<br>
<br>Anyway, here goes...<br><br>I posted an email on Areivim asking listmembers if they thought of Torah obligations as personal, covenantal, or metaphysical and what they felt about viewing religion and ethics as objective or subjective. Several people, including some Areivim moderators, felt that the post was better suited for Avodah. I have finally given in, so here it is:<br>
<br><br>IJT<br></div>
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</blockquote><div><br>I see the fundamental as SOCIeTAL/COMMUNAL<br><br>If the Torah is a akin to a constitution <br>The itss preamble - AISI - is:<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>v'atem tihyu li mamlechet kohanim v'goy qaddosh</i><br>
</div> <br></div></div>Individual perfection is just that, for indivduals so inclined to be great souls [Mahatma's] it is not the basis for Torah<br clear="all"><br>The goal of Tiorah is imho 2-fold<br>to promote a JUST and HOLY society<br>
<br>Any Ethicla Cultrue can be JUST but it is not holy.<br><br>And if [by way of illustration] a Kosher Food Purveyer follows Yoreh Dei'ah and defies choshen Mishpat they are not just. Judaism requires BOTH Sanctity and Ethics<br>
<br>While we all may personally relate to God, communal prayer with a minyan trumps indvidual prayer [for the most part]. <br><br>IMHO Korach refused HIS deisgnation [caste?] and made trouble. if everyone on the crew mans his OWN battel station we will all be better off<br>
<br>Yes - and my role is social critic -smile- <br><br><br>-- <br>Kesiva vaChasima Tova<br>Best Wishes for the New Year 5769<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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