Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Heaven and Earth: Agents of reward and punishment

Hi,

"Rabbi Benayah would say: When a person is found guilty in court, his witnesses are the first to punish him, as it is written, ‘The hand of the witnesses will be against him first,’ and then others come along.

"So, too, when the Jews do not fulfill Gd’s will it is written, ‘And Gd’s anger will rise against you, and He will close the heavens,’ and then the other punishments will come. And when the Jews fulfill Gd’s will it is written, ‘And it will be on that day – this is the word of Gd – I will answer the heavens…’"

(Sifri Devarim 306)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

2 comments:

  1. On thinking before writing-

    Kal vachomer before posting!! I hope that from his place in Gan Eden the Chafetz Chaim cannot see the greatest instrument in the history of human communication for disseminating lashon hara-the internet.

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  2. On thinking before writing-

    Kal vachomer before posting!! I hope that from his place in Gan Eden the Chafetz Chaim cannot see the greatest instrument in the history of human communication for disseminating lashon hara-the internet.

    ReplyDelete