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FROM THE BULLETIN
Commentary --by Rav Baruch Frydman-Kohl |
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Conservative Challenges |
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In February, I shall be travelling to Ukraine and Israel with a special rabbinic mission under the auspices of the United Jewish Communities. I hope to get a better understanding of the contemporary political situation in Ukraine as well as of the social, political and spiritual issues that Jews must confront in this historic heart of Diaspora life. |
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| Torah Psychology --by Rav Roy Tanenbaum |
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What does one do to be religious? |
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We read, "And if a person open a pit or if a person dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or donkey fall in it, the owner of the pit shall be liable for the damages" (Exodus 21:33-34). Here we have the basis for modern tort law: for what and when one is financially liable. But there is another way to read this. In the Talmud, Rav Yehuda says, "What with a person who desires to be pious? Let him fulfill the laws of damages." Rava says, "Such a person should fulfill the words of Avot." While others say, "Such a one should fulfill the words of B’rakhot." (B. Talmud, Baba Kama 30a) That is to say, if one wants to be religious, one view says one should be meticulous in the details of tort law, another that one should be concerned with the theology, and still another that one should be prayerful. |
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| From Rav Sean --by Rav Sean Gorman |
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The Challenge of Heshvan |
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I once knew a woman. After every wedding, brit milah, or other happy family occasion, she commented that she hoped that we would all be together for the next simchah. It is a wonderfully happy thought, but these s’machot simply do not happen every day. These wonderfully happy times, when we are so ready to allow God into our lives, and to see the Divine influence in our own personal experiences are not common experiences. We cannot live our lives from simchah to simchah. They are too far apart to provide us with constant spiritual sustenance. |
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