tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20223795.post5547197835017132533..comments2023-10-28T16:01:04.598+03:00Comments on Torah Thoughts: test of faithRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20223795.post-67804301324666713982006-12-03T18:28:00.000+02:002006-12-03T18:28:00.000+02:00Just saw this over shabbos (thanks to the Beis Med...Just saw this over shabbos (thanks to the Beis Medresh at KINS), based on RSRH:<br />The pasukim you show the first time that Yaakov refers to Hashem as "Elokeim". Rav Hirsh says that until this point Hashem always delt with Yaakov in terms of "mercy", and Yaakov is hoping that Hashem will also be kind to him in the arena of "strict justice".Neil Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797772082427806345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20223795.post-52025555880243180482006-11-30T07:45:00.000+02:002006-11-30T07:45:00.000+02:00neil - could be. the owrding is funny though if th...neil - could be. the owrding is funny though if that is the pshat..<br /><br />josh - interesting point..Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20223795.post-46988694154004828562006-11-29T19:56:00.000+02:002006-11-29T19:56:00.000+02:00I'm not sure how relevant this is, but it's intere...I'm not sure how relevant this is, but it's interesting that ma'aser is precisely the one mitzvah regarding which we're commanded to "test" HaShem (Malachi 3:10):<br /><br /> הָבִיאוּ אֶת-כָּל-הַמַּעֲשֵׂר אֶל-בֵּית הָאוֹצָר, וִיהִי טֶרֶף בְּבֵיתִי, וּבְחָנוּנִי נָא בָּזֹאת, אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת: אִם-לֹא אֶפְתַּח לָכֶם, אֵת אֲרֻבּוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וַהֲרִיקֹתִי לָכֶם בְּרָכָה, עַד-בְּלִי-דָי.<br /><br />There's a ma'amar aggadah that points this out, I think, but I forget where it is.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14414532577328945154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20223795.post-15835404076672463932006-11-29T19:20:00.000+02:002006-11-29T19:20:00.000+02:00I always though that it was an issue of awareness ...I always though that it was an issue of awareness of Hashem that Yaakov was mentioning. Brachos like food, parnassah, clothing are all manifestions of Hashem's chessed to us. If we consciously are aware that Hashem provides, then "will be to me for my God and I will..."<br />Just my 2 aguros!Neil Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797772082427806345noreply@blogger.com