commentary in the zOhn

From the beginning, every thing was created as half of a pair, each half truly or finally complete only in relation to its other half.  Even the physical space that we inhabit exists in relativity–above and below, light and dark, night and day, wet and dry, physical and metaphysical–before even flora and fauna were created, themselves a pair.  Of all of the creatures, only the human was created originally as a single being, with intention not yet separated, and the human was singly given choice that required a soul.

Paired inherently with choice-and-soul is the ability to apply mercy, kindness, justice in order to create a world based in the same.   The soul knows this, that the world only begins to change when one soul connects with another soul, and two become one pair, which is something more.  What had to be set into motion was the desire to be an agent for change.  For this reason, the base of the two was reformed from that of the single, whose experience was that alone meant limited happiness and unending frustration.

The single was reformed into a pair, separated to here and to there as was the light from the dark, from a finite resource based in mercy, kindness, justice. 

Thus, to be single and not half of one pair, is lack access to all of that life’s potential for completion, and, thus, we are made to want to choose to be in a situation that engenders more potential mercy, kindness, justice.

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From the beginning, every thing was created as half of a pair, each half relative only to its other half.  Even the physical space that we inhabit exists in parallels–above and below, light and dark, night and day, wet and dry, physical and metaphysical–before even flora and fauna were created, themselves a pair.  Of all of the creatures, only the human was created originally as a single being, not yet separated, and the human was singly given choice. 

Paired with this condition and to this gift, is that, in order to be complete, the human is merciful, kind, just.  Accordingly, awareness of the necessity for these qualities is brought about only through awareness of another, another viewed equally but with differences to remind the intender to act for other than self.

Choice is what separates us from other creatures in our world.  Choices can be intuitive, an immediate knowing, which I believe are moments of parity with the spiritual plane to which we aspire.  Other choices are reasoned within the physical of the here and now. 

Intuition and reason brought together properly should propel us to recognize when we feel rightly, and then to act as we are intended.  The world is as it is in order to motivate us to choose, to choose to act with intention, to bring about the simultaneous existence of the physical/now world and the spiritual/always world.

We have a guide by which to choose.  Halakha is the way we are to go, but it is only the way, it is not the act by itself, and to follow it without  intention in the greater sense actually choice blocks that path.

What exactly is happiness?  Is it possible to be without a partner, and be completely happy?  I don’t think so.

From the beginning, every thing was created as half of a pair, each half relative only to its other half.  Even the physical space that we inhabit exists in parallels–above and below, light and dark, night and day, wet and dry, physical and metaphysical–before even flora and fauna were created, themselves a pair.  Of all of the creatures, only the human was created originally as a single being, not yet separated, and the human was singly given choice. 

Paired with this condition and to this gift, is that, in order to be complete, the human is merciful, kind, just, but these qualities are relative only when applied to another, another viewed equally but with differences to remind the intender to act for other than self.

How much more fulfilled by, and grateful for, that other was the first human when halved and reunited, than if the halves had existed originally as already-paired parts. 

A pair that is not together is not empowering intent within itself, and has no chance to exist as a force to affect the world.  As that is why we were created in such a fashion, a single must, in fact, rely on another half in order to be completed.

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Palestinian children are taught: Genocide is God’s will

I refrained from posting this sort of thing on Facebook after Shabbat, and I am trying to slow down now, but I fail now.  I do not understand why sympathies lie with people who act like this, who cry death to entire, other groups; who teach their children that they will be rewarded for murder; who send their futures to walk into another group’s civilians and murder them at random, and afterward, to celebrate in the streets; who do not want for “their rights”, but only annihilation of their enemy; who walk into America and murder the same way;  whose leaders hide, as they lie to their people as those leaders sacrifice them. 

And yet, the enemy sends them aid, and warns their citizens out of dangerous areas, while Hamas’ leaders take no action, preferring to revel in the numbers of their own dead so that they can report how we are picking on them, even while they are entering our cities and blowing up civilians.

How can you negogiate in this situation?  Even their own union is appalled. 

Regardless of who is “right,” how can the approach be sanctioned?   Does America allow the KKK and the skinheads to act the same?  You don’t think that those groups are strongly sided with and admiring of Hamas’ tactics and goals?  And yet, everyone has an opinion about Israel, believing that we should give in to such deadly tantrums.  Tell me, when you give in to a child’s screaming insistence for a cookie, what does the child do the next time that he wants something?  At what point can people see that  Hamas does not want “fairness” but only to destroy us?  No matter what people think is their end goal, unless we stop them now, Hamas will not stop until I and everyone around me is dead, and they can stand on our bodies and shout their triumph to the world.

Of course, that’ll kind of leave them without a purpose in  life, and no way to get to Paradise, and they’ll have to find a new enemy.  Think, Great Satan: who do you think will be next to be targeted?

yhc

I love Israel.   I love Jerusalem.  B”H, I will not live anywhere else in the rest of my life.

We have been at war this week, and since I have discovered feeds (in particular, that of Arutz Sheva of Israel National News), the news of each rocket has been the beat of my days.  Yes, my posts have been from a specific POV, but whose isn’t, really?

Right now, it is sunny and cold outside, and Jerusalem is preparing for Shabbat–below my window, the voices of the vendors in Mahane Yehuda Shuk (Jerusalem’s Open Market) are faster as they try to pull in customers to buy the last of the perishables before the market is closed for the next day.  It’s winter, so the strawberries are out, their thick, fresh fragrance heavy around the stalls, strawberries hearty enough to require two bites.

For the next hour or so, the calls of “Banana, banana, banana, shteim v’hetzi, kilo” (bananas, two and half shekel a kilo) will change, will get deeper and more dramatic, will begin to soar into operatic twistings, as each tries to persuade shoppers to buy these kiwi, these eggplant, these avocados, for Shabbat, Shabbat, Shabbat.

Just before the siren blows, I will hear another voice, a different insistence reminding us that soon it will be Shabbat, Shabbat, Shabbat; time to close, time to go home, time to embrace the time that belongs only to Shabbat.

B”H, the next week will uphold the promise that Shabbat gives us.

yhc