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קטגוריה: Parashat Hashavua

פורסם בשלישי, 01 דצמבר 2020 00:42

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Rabbi Shlmo Carlebach used to say:
 when you bless someone you can actually give them life - or
 save theit lives!
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 He also quoted the Hassidic masters who said
"when you look at the "curses" (alluded to in this Torah portion) you can se that any curse can
also be a BLESSING if you know how that works
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I never knew how it worked - so I looked deeply into the  portion again this morning.
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> The Almighty says "See - I give you Blessings . and Curses
 the blessings on Har (MOUNT) Greezim and the Curses on Har Eval

Rashi and the kabbalists explain half the tribes stood on
 one mount and the other half on the second mount.

THE LEVITES were IN THE VALLEY BELOW and
said the blessings and the curses -

first turning to one mountain - then to the other
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So I believe that one way to look at this is that

 when we look at each other with blessings in our hearts -
 it is a blessing

and when we turn away from each other it is a curse
(like in the old Dylan song

"how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he
 just doesn't see"

There are a lot more ways to look at the Portion - all worth thinking about

Love and Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
on the way to Jerusalem to start the new month of Elul with some holy people

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