Shared Post Parshat Nasso Building A Fence Around The Torah They said three things: be deliberate in judgment, raise up many disciples and make a fence for the torah. One law professor used to share the following advice with each junior colleague as they joined her faculty: “the trick is to say everything three times without repeating yourself even once”.
A Fence Around The Torah The famous rabbinical maxim to “build a fence around the law” was originally published in the talmudic tract, pirque avot (ethics of the fathers). the basic thinking is as follows: we do not want to violate the torah. After all, the original commandments did not authorize the rabbis to build a fence or do anything else. there was a radical and irreconcilable conflict between the torah and the rabbis as to the basis and structure of authority, as well as its source and administration. Priestly blessings (money, safety, wisdom, compassion, friendship, peace) and numerical princely donations (130, 70, 10, 22) and what it all means according to sages and mystics from moses to today. The torah this week also shares some fences we might reconsider in our time as well. as we read parshat naso this week, we read about the israelite society trying to move forward after leaving egypt and about what it takes to establish a successful community.
Exhibit A Fence Around The Torah Priestly blessings (money, safety, wisdom, compassion, friendship, peace) and numerical princely donations (130, 70, 10, 22) and what it all means according to sages and mystics from moses to today. The torah this week also shares some fences we might reconsider in our time as well. as we read parshat naso this week, we read about the israelite society trying to move forward after leaving egypt and about what it takes to establish a successful community. During the celebration with family and friends, i would like to share some deep torah about the mitzvah of making a fence around our roof. its simple understanding is quite obvious. It is very great and praiseworthy to make a fence to the torah's mitzvot, so that one who fears and respects god's word will not stumble into transgressing the mitzvah. There is an assumption in it that we build the fence to protect ourselves, to keep ourselves safely within the bounds of torah. that’s a good, safe thing, reminiscent of baby latches on kitchen cabinets and the fence that keeps my little dogs safely in my back yard. The torah this week also shares some fences we might reconsider in our time as well. as we read parshat naso this week, we read about the israelite society trying to move forward after leaving egypt and about what it takes to establish a successful community.
Building A Fence Around The Torah During the celebration with family and friends, i would like to share some deep torah about the mitzvah of making a fence around our roof. its simple understanding is quite obvious. It is very great and praiseworthy to make a fence to the torah's mitzvot, so that one who fears and respects god's word will not stumble into transgressing the mitzvah. There is an assumption in it that we build the fence to protect ourselves, to keep ourselves safely within the bounds of torah. that’s a good, safe thing, reminiscent of baby latches on kitchen cabinets and the fence that keeps my little dogs safely in my back yard. The torah this week also shares some fences we might reconsider in our time as well. as we read parshat naso this week, we read about the israelite society trying to move forward after leaving egypt and about what it takes to establish a successful community.
Building A Fence Around The Torah There is an assumption in it that we build the fence to protect ourselves, to keep ourselves safely within the bounds of torah. that’s a good, safe thing, reminiscent of baby latches on kitchen cabinets and the fence that keeps my little dogs safely in my back yard. The torah this week also shares some fences we might reconsider in our time as well. as we read parshat naso this week, we read about the israelite society trying to move forward after leaving egypt and about what it takes to establish a successful community.
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