{"id":1714,"date":"2015-09-10T18:48:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T18:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1714"},"modified":"2015-09-10T18:48:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T18:48:07","slug":"shemini-5763","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1714","title":{"rendered":"Shemini (5763)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Shemini (5763)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 Moses tells the priests how to give sacrifices; Nadav and Avihu offer when not commanded to and die; the Kosher laws are given.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Today I want to talk about Naval and Avihu. Ch 10, v 1-3; it is so short but there are no less than 18 interpretations found by the Chazal. That is, there is no ‘Orthodox opinion’ on this but rather a variety of opinions.<\/p>\n

\u2022 R. Joel Tessler says that they were overzealous and thought themselves above the congregation.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Lubavitcher Rebbe says that a danger lurks in over zealousness — “A person must have his feet planed on the ground before ascending to heaven”.<\/p>\n

\u2022 This is actually a problem in Orthodoxy called — treating something as forbidden when it is permitted.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nadav and Avihu forgot to behave like men, rather than tried to behave like angels.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At the other end of interpretation: \u00a0their guilt was one of trying to have a personal, private relationship with God obeying not the ordinances but their own spirit<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hirsch said “Closeness and nearness to God cannot be obtained by being disciplined to his will — this is the chasm between Judaism and idolatry…Only by observance of the precepts of the Torah can one remain true to the principles”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Shemini (5763) by Marc Mangel \u2022 Moses tells the priests how to give sacrifices; Nadav and Avihu offer when not commanded to and die; the Kosher laws are given. \u2022 Today I want to talk about Naval and Avihu. Ch 10, v 1-3; it is so short but there are no less … 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-1714","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714","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=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714\/revisions\/1715"}],"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=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}