Thursday, September 20, 2012

Whose children are we?

Hi,

"Rabbi Shemuel bar Nachmeni cited Rabbi Yonatan: What is the meaning of, ‘You are our father, for we do not know Avraham and Yisrael does not recognize us, You are HaShem our Father, Your Name was always, ‘Our Redeemer?’

"HaShem will say to Avraham, ‘Your children have sinned to Me.’ He will say, ‘Master of the Universe, they should be destroyed for the sanctity of Your Name!’

"HaShem will say, ‘I will tell Yaakov, who had the pain of raising children and who may daven for mercy upon them.’

"HaShem will say to Yaakov, ‘Your children have sinned to Me.’ He will say, ‘Master of the Universe, they should be destroyed for the sanctity of Your Name!’

"HaShem will say, ‘Logic is not with the elderly, and counsel is not with the children.’ HaShem will say to Yitzchak, ‘Your children have sinned to Me.’

"Yitzchak will say: Master of the Universe! Are they my children and not Yours?..."

(Talmud, Shabbat 89b)

Gmar tov,

Mordechai

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