kutan shel hachabura wrote on 15 Sep 2009 13:08:
Guards last shmiras eynayim email, with the vort that the YH is like a man with clenched hand and everyone is running after him, thinking that his hand has treasure... but each treasure is different... they imagine it to have whatever they are lacking... is brilliant.
We each have things we need inside. The need is real. But there are always two pathways in this world to reach that need.
the easy but fake one.
the hard but real one.
The YH of avoda zora was Just that! a way to connect to the divine (which was a big need for humans, before the anshai kneses hagdola removed it), but without the self sacrifice needed in perfecting ones character.
k
is that you, Rabbi Yuval Sherlo?