{"id":1651,"date":"2015-09-02T00:37:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T00:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1651"},"modified":"2015-09-02T00:44:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T00:44:31","slug":"masei-5765","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1651","title":{"rendered":"Masei (5765)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Masei (5765)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 We are heading towards Tish B’Av. The Talmud tells us that the Temple was destroyed by Sinat Chinam (senseless hatred), which we will examine in terms of the Cities of Refuge<\/p>\n

\u2022 We have Cities of Refuge, based on the basic postulate that the Divine Presence cannot abide in a lang polluted by murder (Ch 35, v 33).<\/p>\n

\u2022 The 6 Cities of Refuge are for involuntary homicide and are based on an amazing set of principles<\/p>\n

\u2022 Only the guilty party is involved; no other family member may be punished.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Guilt is determined by intention and involuntary homicide is not put to death. The decision of voluntary\/involuntary is made by the state (a national tribunal) not the bereaved<\/p>\n

\u2022 No ransom is acceptable<\/p>\n

\u2022 For us today. \u00a0Ibn Ben Bachya in\u00a0Duties of the Heart<\/em> uses this as a proof text that a sin is greater if both heart and body do it.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Another implication: \u00a0A mitzvah performed without intention of doing it for the sake of heaven has no reward\"\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Lubavitcher Rebbe wrote about this parsha: \u00a0All of us can be signposts for fellow Jews looking for spiritual refuge by listening, talking, showing them and even bringing them here to synagogue.<\/p>\n

\u2022 R. Pinchas Hermann, Modern Orthodox, writes that the time leading to Tish B’Av reminds us of providing a spiritual haven for all Jews by employing ahavat chinam — senseless love — we can turn Tish B’Av into a day of rejoicing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Masei (5765) by Marc Mangel \u2022 We are heading towards Tish B’Av. The Talmud tells us that the Temple was destroyed by Sinat Chinam (senseless hatred), which we will examine in terms of the Cities of Refuge \u2022 We have Cities of Refuge, based on the basic postulate that the Divine Presence … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1651","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1651"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1655,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1651\/revisions\/1655"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}