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Ignorant of what?
Ignorant of what?
You post some Zionist pipe dream maps. What is that supposed to prove?A nano second and you are there.
I don’t know why you bother.
Unless you are dyslexic.
You post some Zionist pipe dream maps. What is that supposed to prove?
The secret of the cholent | Rabbi Sherki
Why did the Ceator want, to want, to be in need of us?
Student: To do us kindness.
R. Sherki: What kindness is this?
Student: That we're here.
R.Sherki: We could've existed without Him requiring us.
Student: Then there's no one to talk to.
Student: Will has no reason.
R. Sherki: "Will has no reason", when we need to pull a joker we add this as well.
But for now, first, we try to understand G-d's world.
Student: From the perspective of purpose?
R. Sherki: The answer is - because of the secret of the cholent.
...the cholent, yes? Yes, clear? Ok next...
Student: The one made of potatoes?
R.Sherki: Yes, of potatoes.
What isn't clear? Don't you know what's a cholent? Potatoes?
Then what don't You know?
Student: The connection.
R. Sherki: Ah...the secret of the cholent.
The secret of the cholent is as follows - cholent is the hamyn, the stew of Shabbat, it comes from the old French, meaning 'to heat slowly'. You will see how important it is, in the understanding of Jewish theology.
There's a mother who prepares the Shabbat, having her time, but there's someone nagging, small Yossi, circles around her steps, pulls her apron, gets bored...in short, a poor kid.
She tells him, "Yossi, today I'll give You a role". "Today You'll be responsible for peeling the potatoes for the cholent". His eyes are lit, he's full of joy and happiness - peeling the potatoes. And the next morning, the mother says, "do You know thanks to whom do we have cholent on the table? Thanks to Yossi".
And Yossi with his nose up, satisfied - he made the cholent.
Now, rises the question - does the mother need Yossi's peeling of potatoes?
She doesn't, could get along without it, but now that she has imposed it on Yossi, and did it for him, so he has something ideal to do rather than to treat himself. After she did so, now she's planning her Shabbat assuming, that the potatoes are indeed peeled by Yossi. And if not, tho cholent isn't successful.
As to say, she didn't have to need him, but now that she decided to need him - she really does.
Thus from the Shabbat dishes of the Jewish mother - we learn a secret in theology.
That the Creator wanted to need us, and therefore He really needs us.
Why did He do so?
For us, if we acted only for ourselves it was egoistic, which wouldn't be a complete favor. The moment we do it for HaShem, then our activity had an ideal character, therefore a much higher present having a moral value.
I love the Cholent. Ashkenazi and Sephardic versions.
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