tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post7296938934740355409..comments2023-11-03T01:13:22.719-07:00Comments on The Rabbi Is IN with Rabbi Rami: Student Interview, Part 4 of 4: Judaism at Its BestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-16483893580104082452008-01-02T17:19:00.000-08:002008-01-02T17:19:00.000-08:00I started this afternoon looking at the council of...I started this afternoon looking at the council of Nicea, and found my way to Toto... proving there is intelligence and purpose in the universe. I am highly impressed at your ability to so clearly and cogently articulate so many of my vague musings. I will return. Yes, Tikkun and Teshuva... the very words I was looking for... <BR/>Thank you.... <BR/>bill... either a heretic christian or an apostate jew.... maybe both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-73318819706421573262007-12-31T08:58:00.000-08:002007-12-31T08:58:00.000-08:00I keep thinking about Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita....I keep thinking about Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita. Does the recognition of non-duality really lead to compassion? To Tikkun Ha Olam? Arjuna, when he sees his kinsman arrayed against him for battle, consideres packing in the war. It is the enlightenment granted him by Krishna that allows him to slaughter everyone. Of course, one reading--the one on Wikipedia--goes that the war is a moral (or karmic?) necessity, and that Arjuna's participation is a form of satyagraha. I can see that. But I can't help noticing that there are a lot more corpses lying around after Krishna's intevention than before. <BR/><BR/>What moves Arjuna to compassion for his enemies is his sense of kinship--they are, after all, directly related to him by blood. As in the Biblical story where Abraham argues with God about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, human life is imbued with value and meaning by humans who insist on that value in the face of larger, more Godly, concerns.AaronHerschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08886387346974535323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-19306146893072431102007-12-30T15:02:00.000-08:002007-12-30T15:02:00.000-08:00Thanks. A happy new year to all of you holy rascal...Thanks. A happy new year to all of you holy rascals out there.<BR/>RamiRabbi Ramihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07549679279782491931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-39273989546762315912007-12-28T10:37:00.000-08:002007-12-28T10:37:00.000-08:00Thanks for this, Reb Rami. I like your definition ...Thanks for this, Reb Rami. I like your definition of Judaism at its best, and the dovetailing you articulate between tikkun hanefesh and tikkun haolam resonates for me a lot. <BR/><BR/>Wishing you blessing as we wrap up 2007.rbarenblathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882606147795083729noreply@blogger.com