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Archive for July 29th, 2008 - 26 Tamuz 5768
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
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HaShem decreed that the days would repeat themselves, following a periodic cycle, which would be seven days in length. Seven was the appropriate measure for the repeating cycle, for all creation came into existence over a period of seven days, so that creation’s entire being is contained in the number..
This cycle of seven also exists on a larger scale, spanning all the years of human history. Existence is divided into six periods, each containing one thousand years, followed by a seventh thousand-year period, which will be a period of “rest.”
The Sabbath, therefore, was a great gift that HaShem gave to Israel, given because His Desire was that Israel be His holy nation. He did not give the gift to any of the rest of the nations, in any sense, for the unique elevation which one experiences on the Sabbath is neither fitting nor intended for them.
From the “RaMCHaL”–Derech HaShem–Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Page 331–337.
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Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
In G’morrah (Brochos 35B), we see how the ancients were superior. They made the study of Torah their main purpose in life, and their wok was secondary necessity, and they were sucessful at both. Recent generations make their work their main purpose and the study of Torah incidentail, and they fail at both. The ancients were careful to bring crops into their houses and barns through a main entrance, for only in that way do they become liable for maaser, or tithes, they valued the mitzva of maaser over the expense. Contemporary people go out of their way to bring their crops in through trap-doors and windows in order to evade the obligation of maaser.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 152–156.
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