Heart and Soul
Deuteronomy 30:1-10
What “Heart and Soul” mean?
“Heart and Soul” is repeated several times in different ways in verses 2, 6, 10 and other places in Torah as well. Moses keeps reminding us that we must accept this as part of our lives as a true commitment and understanding. “Heart and Soul” is beyond behavior, beyond intellectual or emotional. It is an internalization of the mitzvot, it is integrated into your character and governs your behavior.
Moses speaks of the future. God will “circumcise the heart”. We also explored the meaning of this phrase in verse 6. It is a metaphor to cut away any obstruction. We will "open the heart". Moses tells us that it will not be easy and that bad will happen. He urges us to use the law as a ‘guide in the darkness’ ahead.
Looking at the view of Chafetz Chaim and Samson Raphael Hirsch - both were anti-Zionism and believed that we cannot bring about a return from exile ourselves. Chaim says that ‘all things are not random and that all the curses will happen’ and we must wait for repentance. Hirsch sees this as a ‘blueprint for living’ That Torah is eternal - it is part of the past, present and future. We must keep going through the exile.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chafetz_Chaim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Raphael_Hirsch
What “Heart and Soul” mean?
“Heart and Soul” is repeated several times in different ways in verses 2, 6, 10 and other places in Torah as well. Moses keeps reminding us that we must accept this as part of our lives as a true commitment and understanding. “Heart and Soul” is beyond behavior, beyond intellectual or emotional. It is an internalization of the mitzvot, it is integrated into your character and governs your behavior.
Moses speaks of the future. God will “circumcise the heart”. We also explored the meaning of this phrase in verse 6. It is a metaphor to cut away any obstruction. We will "open the heart". Moses tells us that it will not be easy and that bad will happen. He urges us to use the law as a ‘guide in the darkness’ ahead.
Looking at the view of Chafetz Chaim and Samson Raphael Hirsch - both were anti-Zionism and believed that we cannot bring about a return from exile ourselves. Chaim says that ‘all things are not random and that all the curses will happen’ and we must wait for repentance. Hirsch sees this as a ‘blueprint for living’ That Torah is eternal - it is part of the past, present and future. We must keep going through the exile.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chafetz_Chaim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Raphael_Hirsch
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