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<DIV>In a message dated 8/5/2010, doniels@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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People need a combination of mind and heart to inspire them.
I really<BR>> think that thinking about Adon Olam just won't cut
it. However, singing Adon<BR>> Olam to a beautiful melody --
just might. [--TK]<BR><BR>Since when do "fuzzy warm" feelings have any weight
in Yiddishkeit?<BR><BR>Having lots of happy frumly-dressed people cannot trump
a handful of<BR>people being meticulous in all areas of Halocho.<BR><BR>No
amount of singing will improve your practical knowledge of
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<DIV>RMB's post was not about halacha but about hashkafa. If you want to
know what your halachic tzedakah /obligations/ are, you wouldn't determine
that by contemplating the words of Adon Olam.</DIV>
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<DIV>I understood RMB to be saying, or at least implying, that he was thinking
about the general obligation to be "like Hashem" -- mah Hu rachum, af atah
rachum and so on. This is not the same kind of "obligation" as the
requirement to eat a certain amount of matza at the seder. By its nature
it is hashkafic more than halachic, and one aspect of this issue is the question
of what will, in fact, induce or motivate a Jew to be more "G-d-like"
or "G-dly" in his daily behavior?</DIV>
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<DIV>"Since when do 'fuzzy warm' feelings have any weight in
Yiddishkeit?"<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Since Hashem gave us a Torah that is chock full of poetry
comparing the relationship between Hashem and Klal Yisrael to the warm and
loving relationship between a chassan and his kallah, or between a
father and his children.</DIV>
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