JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: DEREK ERETZ: BLUFFTON SUN: RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL

JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: DEREK ERETZ: BLUFFTON SUN: RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL

 

Shalom and Peace:

Today we continue with a bit more of Jewish Ethics (Great is Peace - Derek Eretz 10:3 ).

Rabbi Joshua said: Great is peace, for at the time Israel arose and said [Ex. 24:7]: "All that the Lord has spoken will we do and hear," the Holy One was pleased to give to them His Torah and blessed them with peace, as it is written [Ps. 29:11]: "The Lord will bless his people with peace."

We learn in the Talmud and Midrash that, although the Torah says the Hebrews intended to accept and obey the laws of Torah unconditionally ('will do'), and later study them ('will hear"), God held Mount Sinai over their heads and threatened to drop it on them if they didn't accept it (Shabbat 88a). Even so, when we live according to the spiritual and ethical lessons of the Torah, we enjoy peace: "Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace" (Prov. 3:17).

Most of us can only control our thoughts, speech, and actions if we keep our yetzer ha ra, our selfish ego and will, at bay. We can control nothing else. If we think we can, we are delusional. Others also have free will. 

''God says, 'I have created the Evil Inclination,(ego) and I have created the Torah as an antidote against it. If you do not do good, sin awaits crouching at the door; it desires to control you, but you can overpower it' (Gen. 4:7). One's ego will spend all its time and energies trying to make one do selfish acts, which is why the verse says 'it desires to control you.'…If you want to, you can overpower the Evil Inclination, as it says, '… but you can overpower it.'  [Kiddushin 30b ].

If we wish to live in peace, we must negate our selfish will and align it with God's will. Integration, shlema, and wholeness, shalom, come from understanding that this is our true purpose in life. We achieve inner peace, peace in the home, and peace in the community by understanding that living according to Torah means that all of our derekim, paths, are towards peace.

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 Maker of Shalom (Oseh Shalom) help make us deserving of Shalom beyond all human comprehension!

 

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PEREK SHIRA : JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: COWS: GREAT IS PEACE

PEREK SHIRA: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: 5:2: CATTLE SING DEREK ERETZ  

 

 

PEREK SHIRA  5:2: CATTLE: SHABBAT 11/8/13: RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: GREAT IS PEACE

 

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL

JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

PEREK SHIRA 5:2

CATTLE SING SPIRITUALITY AND ETHICS, INNER PEACE AND DEREK ERETZ AND CIVILITY

 

 

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Jewish Spiritual Renewal: New Class: Fun/Light: Perek Shira: Shabbat 11/8/13 perek shira: song of nature   Shalom my dear Chaverim, Talmidim, v' Rabbanim, friends, students, and fellow rabbis. An oneg, joy-filled, Shabbat this coming weekend to all. For this series, we are studying Perek Shira. It will be fun and light and short for those that wish it to be, as well as deep and involved from those who like to delve into our traditions texts. Perek Shira is 6 chapters long with verses of various heavenly and earthly bodies, plants and creatures singing praises to God. If you would like, consider the phrase the entity is singing, and ascribe to it what the entity is trying to teach us... about what traits to mirror and what traits to avoid. More on the text is found in the first class. For those new to the class Baruch ha Ba! Welcome! You can view past classes at http://rabbiarthursegal.blogspot.com   The CATTLE sing: "Rejoice unto God, our strength, applaud the God of Jacob!" (Ps. 81:2)[PEREK SHIRA 5:2, NATURE'S SONG].   Are we as spiritually attuned as CATTLE ? These middot, character traits, of living in shalom, and becoming spiritually connected are discussed throughout all of my books. Find the one or more that you would like at www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.org/books. How has learning Perek Shira helped you in your interpersonal relationships? Are you learning to live in shalom and be in shlema? How has understanding the spiritual and ethical teachings of Judaism helped you live a more joyous life? Next class, Baruch ha Shem, we will continue with Perek Shira.   If you would like a D'Var Torah on Parasha VAYEITZEI  from '''A Spiritual and Ethical Compendium to the Torah and Talmud''  please click on  http://rabbiarthursegal.blogspot.com/2013/11/vayeitzei-rabbi-arthur-segal-jewish_4329.html OR Rabbi Arthur Segal: VAYEITZEI: RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: ASCENDING OUR LADDERS     Thank you for joining me.   Shalom uvracha, RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.com/books www.FaceBook.com/Arthur.L.Segal www.FaceBook.com/RabbiArthurSegalJewishSpiritualRenewal www.RabbiArthurSegal.blogspot.com Jewish Spiritual Renewal Jewish Renewal Jewish Spirituality Hilton Head Island, SC; Bluffton, SC; Savannah, GA If visiting SC's Low Country, contact us for a Shabbat meal, in our home by the sea, our beth yam.  Maker of Shalom (Oseh Shalom) help make us deserving of Shalom beyond all human comprehension!         © 2013 Rabbi Arthur Segal Jewish Spiritual Renewal

 

 

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