{"id":2373,"date":"2016-06-07T22:16:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T22:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2373"},"modified":"2016-06-07T22:16:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T22:16:47","slug":"nitavim-valeilech-5761","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2373","title":{"rendered":"Nitavim-VaLeilech (5761)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Nitzavim-VaLeilech (5761)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 To begin: here’s a factoid. \u00a0Human gerontologists will tell you that the limit of human life span is 120 years but most will also say that they don’t know why.<\/p>\n

\u2022 They should check in Ch 31, v 2 where 120 years as maximum life span is given.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Elul themes: All sages but Sa’adiah Gaon include teshuvah as one of the 613 commandments, but they dispute where in the Torah this is to be found<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ramban says that Ch 30, v 2 refers to teshuvah.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rambam says the teshuvah is confession, regret, and forsaking sin<\/p>\n

\u2022 Today when we think of the mourner’s Kaddish, we think of it as a way of dealing with grief.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In the middle ages, the ‘modern’ interpretation of the kaddish was that it elevates the soul. I like that<\/p>\n

\u2022 Right up until 1941 there was question about whether or not we say Kaddish for martyrs.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In 1389, Jacob Moellin said yes — the you die does not absolve the way you live. \u00a0That is, a holy death does not equal a holy life; the martyred may have sinned and and their souls need to be raised.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In 1941, 9000 Jews in the Kovno ghetto were killed on 28 Oct. \u00a0Their Rabbi, Ephraim Oshny, asked the same question and answered it quoting Moellin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Nitzavim-VaLeilech (5761) by Marc Mangel \u2022 To begin: here’s a factoid. \u00a0Human gerontologists will tell you that the limit of human life span is 120 years but most will also say that they don’t know why. \u2022 They should check in Ch 31, v 2 where 120 years as maximum life span … 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-2373","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2373","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=2373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2373\/revisions\/2374"}],"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=2373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}