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Parshas Shlach
A Powerful Message about Our Power!
Moshe sent them to scout the Land
of Canaan, and he said to them, "Go up this way in the south and climb
up the mountain. You shall see what [kind of] land it is, and the people
who inhabit it; are they strong or weak? Are there few or many? And
what of the land they inhabit? Is it good or bad? And what of the cities
in which they reside are they in camps or in fortresses? What is the
soil like? Is it fat or lean? Are there any trees in it or not? You
shall be courageous and take from the fruit of the land." It was the
season when the first grapes begin to ripen. (Bamidbar 13:17-20)
Are they strong or weak? : He gave them a sign. If they live in open
cities [it is a sign that] they are strong, since they rely on their
might. And if they live in fortified cities [it is a sign that] they are
weak. [Tanchuma 6] (Rashi)
This Rashi is rather counter intuitive! We would think things should
be just the other way around. If they are in walled cities they are
secure and if they are in open encampments they are vulnerable and weak!
What’s origin of this notion? What’s the relevance?
When peaking back at the earliest moments of human history we find a
curious phenomenon. What was the first recorded human invention? Take a
few moments to think before answering. Some will guess fire but that’s
not explicitly related. Well surprisingly it’s clothing, albeit
primitive and minimal. Adam and Chava felt the need to cover-up with a
fig leaf after they ingested the forbidden fruit because their innocence
was now lost. Prior to that moment they were naked and without any
shameful or selfish tendencies. Now, however, afterwards, because of an
inner weakness, a moral failing they needed to shield themselves from
themselves.
We live nowadays with a gross misconception- that because of the
rise of technology we are somehow superior to prior generations. We are
learning here that this is far from the truth. When we behold someone
with a hearing aid we are not likely to be inspired to jealousy. He
needs a device on the outside because his hearing has become diminished.
Somebody in need of a walker or wheelchair can be envious of those
of us that can still ambulate without assistance. When we see that
person in a hospital room is hooked up with tubes and wires galore it is
a clear sign that the inner tubing system is currently malfunctioning.
The more hardware required on the outside - the weaker the inner world!
The Czech Poet-President, Vaclav Havel made the following bold and
keen observation: “The dizzying development of this science, with its
unconditional faith in objective reality and its complete dependency on
general and rationally knowable laws, led to the birth of modern
technological civilization. It is the first civilization in the history
of the human race that spans the entire globe and firmly binds together
all human societies, submitting them to a common global destiny. It was
this science that enabled man, for the first time, to see Earth from
space with his own eyes; that is, to see it as another star in the sky.
At the same time, however, the relationship to the world that the
modern science fostered and shaped now appears to have exhausted its
potential. It is increasingly clear that, strangely, the relationship is
missing something. It fails to connect with the most intrinsic nature
of reality and with natural human experience…It produces what amounts to
a state of schizophrenia: Man as an observer is becoming completely
alienated from himself as a being…
Today for instance we may know immeasurably more about the universe
than our ancestors did, and yet, it increasingly seems they knew
something more essential about it than we do, something that escapes
us.”
I recently came across a charming but alarming cartoon with two
distinct images! One depicts a cluster of people madly yapping on cell
phones, texting, net surfing, you name it! The other portrays a group of
regular folks but relaxed with smiles on their faces. The caption
reads: “World Population is Now Divided into Two Distinct Groups;
‘Communication Addiction Victims’ and ‘People’!” A powerful message about our power! |
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Please Say Yes to Abba Yahweh and His Laws special in
this time when Abba Yahweh is 'testing' us:
Hab 1:12 Art thou not mikedem (‘everlasting’ also said of
Moshiach, indicating Moshiach’s eternal divine nature: Dan
7:14 And there was given Him
(Moshiach) dominion, and honor, and sovereignty, that all people, Goyim,
tongues, should pey-lammed-chet. [1](worship
as deity) (see Dan 3:12, serve, reverence as deity Him (Moshiach). His dominion
is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His (Messianic)
Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.]see Michoh 5:1[2]; Yahweh Elohai (my
Elohim) Kedoshi (my Holy One)? We shall not die. Yahweh, Thou hast appointed them
(these Chaldean) for mishpat (ordinance); O Tzur, Thou hast ordained them (these
Chaldean) for reproof.
(Please
read the whole book of HaNavi Habakuk?)
Please take it serious what Abba Yahweh is telling us in:
Deu 18:15 Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohim) will raise up unto thee a Navi
(prophet) from among thee, of thy achim (bretheren), kamoni (like me Exo
32:30 The next day Moshe said to the
people, "You have committed a terrible sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh;
maybe I will be able to atone for your sin."); unto him ye must listen;
Deu 18:16 According to all that thou
desired of Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohimin) Chorev in the Yom HaKahal (day of
the congregation), saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh Elohav
(your Elohim), neither let me see this eish hagedolah (‘great fire’) any more,
that I die not.
Deu 18:17 And Yahweh said unto me, They
have well-spoken that which they have spoken.
Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a Navi
(prophet) from among their achim (brethren), like unto thee, and will put My
words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him
[Yn 10:18].
Deu 18:19 And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever will not listen unto My words which he shall speak Bishmi (in My
Name), I will require it of him.
Joh 8:28 Therefore, Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach said to them, When you perform the hagbah (lifting up) of
the Ben HaAdam, you will have da'as (knowledge) that Ani Hu [YESHAYAH
41:4; SHEMOT 3:14-16], and from myself I do nothing, but as HaAv (the Father)
of me taught me, these things I speak.
[1]
Dictionary of the Talmud. M. Jastrow p. 1178 פלח
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